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(88) Date of publication A3: 30.12.2009 (43) Date of publication: 23.06.2010 Bulletin 2010/25 (21) Application number: 08864719.3 (22) Date of filing: 17.09.2008

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F42B 12/16(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2008/076633 (87) International publication number: WO 2009/082518 (02.07.2009 Gazette 2009/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA MK RS (30) Priority: 17.09.2007 US 972942 P (71) Applicant: Ruhlman, James D. 35 Blue Bayou Drive Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 (US)	(72) Inventor: Ruhlman, James D. 35 Blue Bayou Drive Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 (US) (74) Representative: Lunt, Mark George Francis  Harrison Goddard Foote Fountain Precinct Balm Green Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2JA Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2JA (GB)