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EP 1 848 640 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 12.10.2006 (43) Date of publication: 31.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/44 (21) Application number: 06720223.4 (22) Date of filing: 03.02.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65B 51/04(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2006/003838 (87) International publication number: WO 2006/084127 (10.08.2006 Gazette 2006/32)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 04.02.2005 US 51832 (71) Applicant: POLY-CLIP SYSTEM CORP. Mundelein, IL 60060 (US)	(72) Inventor: HASCHKE, Eggo Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (US) (74) Representative: Hackett, Sean James  Marks & Clerk, Patent Attorneys, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham B1 1TT Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)