EP1520489B1 - Schutzhelm - Google Patents

Schutzhelm Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1520489B1
EP1520489B1 EP04102743A EP04102743A EP1520489B1 EP 1520489 B1 EP1520489 B1 EP 1520489B1 EP 04102743 A EP04102743 A EP 04102743A EP 04102743 A EP04102743 A EP 04102743A EP 1520489 B1 EP1520489 B1 EP 1520489B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
helmet
user
head
annular band
shaped case
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP04102743A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1520489A1 (de
Inventor
Luigi Dario
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
G Plast Di L Giorio & C SNC
Original Assignee
G Plast Di L Giorio & C SNC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by G Plast Di L Giorio & C SNC filed Critical G Plast Di L Giorio & C SNC
Publication of EP1520489A1 publication Critical patent/EP1520489A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1520489B1 publication Critical patent/EP1520489B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/10—Linings
    • A42B3/14—Suspension devices

Definitions

  • the present invention is about a safety helmet, suitable for being used during working activity in many sectors, like for example in building or road sites in civil field, or in iron plants, steel plants, mines and naval dockyards, just to mention some of them, in industrial field.
  • safety helmets also known as hard hats or skullguards
  • hard hats or skullguards are used by workers or by the personnel in certain workplaces to protect the head from the impact with other bodies or from falling objects.
  • safety helmets are an indispensable, as well as compulsory, instrument, their use being provided by the European Directive no. 89/686 EEC called "Individual protection devices" to protect the head.
  • Said helmets are provided for protecting the parietal zones, the top of the head and the nape of the user who wears them.
  • the safety helmets are usually made of resistant plastic material, for example thermoplastic or reinforced polycarbonate or glass fibre, or of metallic material, like aluminium or other light alloys.
  • a cap inside which a reinforcement is obtained composed by an annular band which surrounds the user's head in wearing conditions of the helmet, and by two or three mutually crossed shock-proof straps disposed between the top of the user's head and the upper internal wall of the cap.
  • the function of the straps is to space the user's head from the cap to limit to the utmost the negative effects caused by hits against other standing above bodies or by objects falling on said user's head.
  • Both the annular band and the shock-proof straps are fixed to the cap at anchoring points symmetrically disposed on the internal wall of said cap.
  • the safety helmets are secured to the user's head by the presence of proper blocking systems disposed on the annular band, at the zone applied to the user's nape.
  • Said blocking systems allow the helmet to be adapted to the different use conditions and requirements of the user, as well as they allow the helmet to be worn by different users, each clearly having his own head conformation.
  • the prior art provides for several systems for securing the safety helmets to the user's head.
  • a first kind of helmets of known type comprises an annular band provided by a couple of mutually symmetric tangs, made of plastic material, able to be joined together in different positions according to the conformation of the user's head.
  • One of the tangs has mutually equidistant slight projections, snap-coupled in correspondent through holes made in the other tang, according to a system typically used in cloth-caps usually worn by young people in everyday life.
  • said tangs are mutually coupled by the snap-insertion of one tang inside the other according to different positions.
  • a first tang has a plurality of teeth along its lateral edge which are coupled to a respective toothing provided on the internal surface of an opening longitudinally obtained on the other tang, providing for a male and female connection type.
  • the mutual position of the tangs is set up by turning the knob in one or in the other direction, depending on whether said tangs should be mutually loosened or tightened.
  • a first inconvenience is due to the fact that the knob stands out from the helmet in a rather considerable way, consequently having a not negligible encumbrance.
  • knob is dangerous for the physical safety of the user, increasing the possibility of hits against other bodies when he moves his head and the negative effect of the impacts of the nape against other structures or on the ground.
  • US 2,111,746 discloses an adjustable headband for a telmet, the adjustment mechanism comprises a curved case which houses the free ends of the side shaps, an attached spring exerts a tendancy to draw the ends of the shaps together, the spring projects out of the casing.
  • the present invention intends to solve the aforesaid inconveniences.
  • the helmet does not have constructive parts which increase its encumbrance and generate or aggravate the danger of the user's head hits against other bodies or any structure.
  • the elastic means are placed inside a shaped case having an arc shaped transversal sectional profile to substantially reproduce the conformation of the nape of the user's head.
  • the safety helmet of the invention can be correctly worn by the user in an extremely rapid way, without needing to perform rather complicated manual adjustment operations to fit it to the conformation of the head.
  • the invention allows to reduce the external encumbrance of the helmet, thus limiting with respect to the prior art the seriousness of the nape's impacts against other bodies.
  • the helmet of the invention is particularly ergonomic, because it reduces the expected risks and other trouble factors of the particular use conditions, by impeding as little as possible the gestures and the assumption of certain positions by the user.
  • the safety helmet of the invention is shown in an axonometric view in Figure 1 , where it is worn by a user indicated with U , and in a bottom view in Figure 2 , being generally indicated with numeral 1 in both Figures.
  • a shaped cap 2 made of plastic material particularly resistant to hits and atmospheric agents, internally provided with a harness, visible in Figure 2 only where it is generally indicated with numeral 3 , comprising an annular band 4 which surrounds the head T of the user U , and a couple of mutually crossed straps 5, 6 which maintain spaced the head T of the user U from the shaped cap 2 .
  • the annular band 4 comprises elastic means, generally indicated with numeral 7 , at the portion 4a supported on the nape N of the user's U head T, suitable for making adaptable the annular band 4 to the conformation of the user's U head T, to grant the adherence stability of the safety helmet 1.
  • the annular band 4, made of plastic material, and the straps 5, 6, made of synthetic material, are fixed to the shaped cap 2 at anchoring points 22, substantially disposed according to the vertexes of a rectangle on the internal wall 2a of the shaped cap 2.
  • the straps forming the harness could be more than two, for instance three, fixed to the shaped cap at anchoring points disposed on its internal walls according to the vertexes of an irregular hexagon.
  • the strap 5 is through-inserted in a couple of through holes, only one of them, indicated with numeral 23, being shown, obtained in one of the anchoring points 22 belonging to the opposite vertexes of the aforesaid rectangle and loop-closed at the central portion 2b of the shaped cap 2. What described hereby is applicable in the same way for the strap 6 as well.
  • Each of the anchoring points 22 comprises a button 24, fixed to the shaped cap 2 and inserted in a buttonhole 25 obtained on the annular band 4 at each of the anchoring points 22, in order to bind said annular band 4 to the shaped cap 2.
  • the elastic means 7 are placed inside a shaped case 8, partially visible in the Figures described so far and well shown in Figure 4 , having an arc shaped transversal sectional profile to substantially reproduce the conformation of the nape N of the user's U head T.
  • the shaped case 8 preferably but not necessarily made of plastic material, is connected to the annular band 4 by a couple of core parts 9, 10, made of plastic, steel or other material, symmetrically disposed inside the shaped case 8, from which their extremity 9a, 10a, bound to the annular band 4 by first fixing means generally indicated with numeral 11 and formed by rivets in this specific example, protrudes.
  • said fixing means could be of different kind, like for instance screws or other things.
  • the shaped case could be connected to the annular band through a couple of tangs formed integral with the same annular band.
  • each of them comprises a plane transversal wall 12, 13, one facing the other, at the extremity 9a, 10a disposed inside the shaped case 8.
  • Each of the core parts 9, 10 protrudes from the shaped case 8 by means of a through hole, not shown in the attached figures, obtained on the respective lateral edge 8a, 8b of the shaped case 8.
  • the elastic means 7 placed inside the shaped case 8 are formed by a couple of helical springs 14, 15, each of them slidingly containing the corresponding core part 9, 10 and placed at one end 14a, 15a abutting against the transversal wall 12, 13, and at the other end 14b, 15b abutting against the respective lateral edge 8a, 8b of the shaped case 8.
  • the shaped case 8 comprises a box 16 containing the elastic means 7, shown in released position, and a cover 17 coupled to the box 16 by second fixing means, generally indicated with numeral 18, of well known type.
  • the second fixing means 18 comprise a male element 19, protruding from the concave surface 17a of the cover 17, suitable for being snap inserted in a female element 20 obtained on the convex surface 16a of the box 16.
  • the concave surface 8c of the shaped case 8 is provided with a pad 21 able to soften the contact between the shaped case 8 and the nape N of the user's U head T when he wears the safety helmet 1.
  • the user U acts by grasping the shaped case 8 to fit the safety helmet 1 to the conformation of his head T, with reference to the different use conditions that he wants to apply to said helmet 1.
  • the user U pulls outwards with a hand the shaped case 8, thus compressing the elastic means 7 and expanding the annular band 4.
  • the user U puts the helmet 1 on his head in the desired and more congenial position, then releasing the shaped case 8 by placing it abutting against, or near, the nape N of his head T, securing the correct and stable position of the safety helmet 1.
  • Such aspect is also improved by the application of a pad, made of soft and flexible material, on the surface of the shaped case disposed toward the nape.
  • the constructive expedient of providing for a buttonhole of limited dimensions in the anchoring point of the annular band allows a very efficient deformation of the annular band during the initial phase of wearing the helmet.
  • the helmet of the invention does not have protuberances on its back side, which are dangerous for the physical safety of the user if he hits his nape on the ground.
  • the safety helmet according to the invention achieves all its objects and attains all X the previously mentioned advantages.
  • both the shaped case and the elastic means placed therein could be of different kind from the one described in the present patent.

Landscapes

  • Helmets And Other Head Coverings (AREA)

Claims (18)

  1. Schutzhelm (1), umfassend eine Formkappe (2), die innen mit einer Begurtung (3) ausgestattet ist, die aus einem ringförmigen Riemen (4), der imstande ist, um den Kopf (T) des Benutzers (U) herum zu verlaufen, und zumindest zwei sich überkreuzenden Gurten (5, 6), die imstande sind, den Kopf (T) des Benutzers (U) zur Formkappe (2) beabstandet zu halten, besteht, wobei der ringförmige Riemen (4) am Abschnitt (4a), der auf dem Nacken (N) des Kopfs (T) des Benutzers (U) aufliegt, elastische Mittel (7) umfasst, die dazu geeignet sind, den ringförmigen Riemen (4) an die Formgestaltung des Kopfs (T) des Benutzers (U) anpassbar zu machen, weiters umfassend ein Formgehäuse mit einem bogenförmigen Querschnittsprofil, um im Wesentlichen die Formgestaltung des Nackens (N) des Kopfs (T) des Benutzers (U) zu reproduzieren, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Formgehäuse (8) einen Kasten (16) umfasst, der die elastischen Mittel (7) enthält.
  2. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 1), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kasten (16), der die elastischen Mittel (7) enthält, einen durch zweite Befestigungsmittel (18) mit dem Kasten (16) verbundenen Deckel (17) aufweist.
  3. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 1) oder 2), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die konkave Oberfläche (8c) des Formgehäuses (8) mit einem Kissen (21) ausgestattet ist, das dazu imstande ist, die Berührung zwischen dem Formgehäuse (8) und dem Nacken (N) des Kopfs (T) des Benutzers (U) weicher zu machen.
  4. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 2), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweiten Befestigungsmittel (18) ein Steckelement (19) umfassen, das an der konkaven Oberfläche (17a) des Deckels (17) ausgebildet ist und in ein Buchsenelement (20) eingeführt ist, das an der konvexen Oberfläche (16a) des Kastens (16) ausgebildet ist.
  5. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 1), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Gehäuse (8) mit dem ringförmigen Riemen (4) durch ein Paar von Kernelementen (9, 10) verbunden ist, die im Formgehäuse (8), aus dem ihre Enden (9a, 10a) vorstehen und mit dem ringförmigen Riemen (4) durch erste Verbindungsmittel (11) verbunden sind, symmetrisch angeordnet sind.
  6. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 5), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Verbindungsmittel (11) durch Nieten gebildet sind.
  7. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 5), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Verbindungsmittel (11) durch Schrauben gebildet sind.
  8. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 5), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes der Kernelemente (9, 10) am Ende eine im Formgehäuse (8) angeordnete flache, transversale Wand (12, 13) aufweist, die der anderen gegenüberliegt.
  9. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 8), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes der Kernelemente (9, 10) über ein Durchgangsloch, das im entsprechenden Seitenrand (8a, 8b) des Formgehäuses (8) ausgebildet ist, vom Formgehäuse (8) vorsteht.
  10. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 9), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die elastischen Mittel (7) aus einem Paar von Spiralfedern (14, 15) gebildet sind, wobei jede das entsprechende Kernelement (9, 10) gleitbar enthält und an einem Ende (14a, 15a) an der transversalen Wand (12, 13) anstößt und am anderen Ende am Seitenrand (8a, 8b) des Formgehäuses (8) anstößt.
  11. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 1), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der ringförmige Riemen (4) und die Gurte (5, 6) an Verankerungspunkten (22), die an der Innenwand (2a) der Formkappe (2) angeordnet sind, an der Formkappe (2) befestigt sind.
  12. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 11), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verankerungspunkte (22) im Wesentlichen den Scheiteln eines Rechtecks entsprechend angeordnet sind.
  13. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 11), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verankerungspunkte (22) im Wesentlichen den Scheiteln eines unregelmäßigen Hexagons entsprechend angeordnet sind.
  14. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 11), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder der Gurte (5, 6) durch einem Paar von Durchgangslöchern (23), von denen jedes an einem der einander gegenüberliegenden Verankerungspunkte (22) ausgebildet ist, durchgeführt ist und am Mittelabschnitt (2b) der Formkappe (2) einen Schleifenschluss bildet.
  15. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 11), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Verankerungspunkt (22) einen an der Formkappe (2) befestigten Knopf (24) umfasst, der mit einem Knopfloch (25) gekoppelt ist, das am ringförmigen Riemen (4) an jedem der Verankerungspunkte (22) ausgebildet ist.
  16. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 1), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der ringförmige Riemen (4) aus einem Kunststoffmaterial hergestellt ist.
  17. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 1), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Gurte (5, 6) aus Synthetischem Material hergestellt sind.
  18. Helm (1) nach Anspruch 1), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Gehäuse (8) aus einem Kunststoffmaterial hergestellt ist.
EP04102743A 2003-10-03 2004-06-16 Schutzhelm Expired - Lifetime EP1520489B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT000194A ITVI20030194A1 (it) 2003-10-03 2003-10-03 Elmetto antinfortunistico.
ITVI20030194 2003-10-03

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1520489A1 EP1520489A1 (de) 2005-04-06
EP1520489B1 true EP1520489B1 (de) 2008-03-19

Family

ID=34308173

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP04102743A Expired - Lifetime EP1520489B1 (de) 2003-10-03 2004-06-16 Schutzhelm

Country Status (6)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1520489B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE389335T1 (de)
DE (1) DE602004012503T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2303024T3 (de)
IT (1) ITVI20030194A1 (de)
PT (1) PT1520489E (de)

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1525115A (en) * 1924-09-05 1925-02-03 Charley E Behm Cap
US2111746A (en) * 1937-10-01 1938-03-22 Frederick M Bowers Adjustable head band
US3383705A (en) * 1965-11-26 1968-05-21 Bullard Co Safety hat suspension system
GB2098459B (en) * 1981-04-14 1985-04-11 Chubb Panorama Headband
DE29800974U1 (de) * 1998-01-22 1998-06-25 UVEX SPORTS GmbH & Co. KG, 90763 Fürth Helm, insbesondere Fahrradhelm
DE29811119U1 (de) * 1998-06-22 1998-09-10 Fang, Kuo-Yun, Taipeh/T'ai-pei Einstellvorrichtung für ein Helmband

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE602004012503D1 (de) 2008-04-30
ES2303024T3 (es) 2008-08-01
DE602004012503T2 (de) 2009-05-14
ATE389335T1 (de) 2008-04-15
EP1520489A1 (de) 2005-04-06
PT1520489E (pt) 2008-06-02
ITVI20030194A1 (it) 2005-04-04

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US7594278B2 (en) Multi-function face protector
EP2007237B1 (de) Kopfaufhängungssystem und kopfbedeckung mit einstellbarem visier und verfahren zu dessen einstellung
US7007306B2 (en) Face shield assembly
EP3038484B1 (de) Federungsanschlussanordnung für ein federungssystem eines schutzhelms
US6584614B2 (en) Face protector
EP1814415B1 (de) Verstellbares kopfband
AU2005290282B2 (en) Adjustable headband
US20070016998A1 (en) Safety hard hat and face shield assembly
EP3598907B1 (de) Schutzhelm mit einstellbarer komfortauskleidung
US20210386137A1 (en) Face shield system
KR101532972B1 (ko) 체결이 간편한 안전모
US20080092342A1 (en) Coupling device of safety goggles for use in hat brim
US20240292921A1 (en) Arrangement
EP1520489B1 (de) Schutzhelm
US20070067887A1 (en) Safety hat with adjustable visor
KR101392144B1 (ko) 강제 체결 안전모
KR100545754B1 (ko) 보안면
KR102669689B1 (ko) 벨트 체결형 센서 및 이를 구비하는 산업안전용품
WO2021089617A1 (en) A safety helmet and helmet accessory attachment means
KR101720786B1 (ko) 착용감이 개선된 양면손목시계
KR102310110B1 (ko) 안전모
KR101309281B1 (ko) 잠금 안전모
RU218595U1 (ru) Лицевой щиток
KR200264546Y1 (ko) 안전모
KR200280751Y1 (ko) 안전모용 머리받침밴드

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL HR LT LV MK

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20051005

AKX Designation fees paid

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20070123

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 602004012503

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 20080430

Kind code of ref document: P

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: RO

Ref legal event code: EPE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: PT

Ref legal event code: SC4A

Free format text: AVAILABILITY OF NATIONAL TRANSLATION

Effective date: 20080519

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FG2A

Ref document number: 2303024

Country of ref document: ES

Kind code of ref document: T3

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

Ref country code: PL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080619

Ref country code: SK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

Ref country code: CZ

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

ET Fr: translation filed
PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080630

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20081222

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BG

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080619

Ref country code: EE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080616

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080630

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080630

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080616

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: HU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080920

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20080616

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: TR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080319

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080620

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PT

Payment date: 20110613

Year of fee payment: 8

PGRI Patent reinstated in contracting state [announced from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Effective date: 20110616

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20110620

Year of fee payment: 8

Ref country code: NL

Payment date: 20110621

Year of fee payment: 8

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20120622

Year of fee payment: 9

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20120705

Year of fee payment: 9

Ref country code: RO

Payment date: 20120531

Year of fee payment: 9

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Payment date: 20120613

Year of fee payment: 9

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: PT

Ref legal event code: MM4A

Free format text: LAPSE DUE TO NON-PAYMENT OF FEES

Effective date: 20121217

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Payment date: 20120627

Year of fee payment: 9

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NL

Ref legal event code: V1

Effective date: 20130101

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20120616

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20121217

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20120616

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20130101

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: RO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20130616

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: ST

Effective date: 20140228

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 602004012503

Country of ref document: DE

Effective date: 20140101

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20140101

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20130701

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20130616

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FD2A

Effective date: 20150709

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20130617