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EP 4 577 450 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 04.04.2024 (43) Date of publication: 02.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/27 (21) Application number: 23821023.1 (22) Date of filing: 24.08.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B63B 22/20(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B63B 22/20 (86) International application number: PCT/IE2023/000008 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/042505 (29.02.2024 Gazette 2024/09)

(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: 24.08.2022 IE S20220140 (71) Applicant: J.F.C. Manufacturing Co. Limited County Galway (IE)	(72) Inventors: CONCANNON, John Francis Galway (IE) NOONE, Gerard Daniel Galway (IE) (74) Representative: Gorman, Francis Fergus  F. F. Gorman & Co. 15 Clanwilliam Square Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)