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(43) Date of publication: 21.05.2025 Bulletin 2025/21 (21) Application number: 23750847.8 (22) Date of filing: 12.07.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B29C 48/92(2019.01) B29C 48/07(2019.01) B29C 48/156(2019.01) B29C 48/00(2019.01) B29C 48/154(2019.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B29C 48/022; B29C 48/156; B29K 2305/00; B29C 2948/92209; B29C 48/07; B29C 48/154; B29C 2948/92447; B29C 2948/92295; B29C 48/0023; B29C 48/92; B29K 2021/00; B29K 2105/10 (86) International application number: PCT/US2023/027492 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/015442 (18.01.2024 Gazette 2024/03)

(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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 12.07.2022 US 202263388514 P 11.07.2023 US 202318220713 (71) Applicant: The Steelastic Company LLC Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 (US)	(72) Inventors: MUDGER, Jacob James Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223 (US) HAWK, Daniel Duane Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223 (US) (74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB  Friedenheimer Brücke 21 80639 München 80639 München (DE)