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(43) Date of publication: 09.01.2008 Bulletin 2008/02 (21) Application number: 06726771.6 (22) Date of filing: 18.04.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 55/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2006/001372 (87) International publication number: WO 2006/117505 (09.11.2006 Gazette 2006/45)

(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: 29.04.2005 EP 05270012 (71) Applicant: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH 4153 Reinach (CH)	(72) Inventors: DOUGLAS, Marcus Hamilton Lloyd Stirling, Clackmannanshire FK9 5PF (GB) NOTT, Peter Wingfield BA14 9LP (GB) (74) Representative: Greenwood, Matthew David et al K.R. Bryer & Co. 7 Gay Street Bath BA1 2PH Bath BA1 2PH (GB)