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(43) Date of publication: 08.05.2024 Bulletin 2024/19 (21) Application number: 21948652.9 (22) Date of filing: 30.06.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B62M 3/08(2006.01) A43B 5/14(2006.01) B23Q 3/15(2006.01) A43B 1/00(2006.01) B23B 31/28(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A43B 5/14; B23B 31/28; B62M 3/086; A43B 1/0054; A63C 9/088; A63C 9/086; A63C 9/0802; A63C 2203/12; A63C 2203/18; A63C 2203/22; A63C 2203/24 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/039861 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/277904 (05.01.2023 Gazette 2023/01)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (71) Applicants: Smart Clips LLC Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 (US) Magswitch Technology, Inc. Lafayette, CO 80026 (US)	(72) Inventors: BALL, Steven Sarasota, FL 34239 (US) FELTON, Shane Colgate, WI 53017 (US) (74) Representative: Cabinet Beaumont  4, Place Robert Schuman B.P. 1529 38025 Grenoble Cedex 1 38025 Grenoble Cedex 1 (FR)