Article Moveable Between Two Positions And A Method Of Combining Two Or More Of The Same
First Claim
1. An article, said article being moveable between a first position and a second position and biased to the second position, said article being retained in the first position by retaining means until a predetermined condition is met, wherein when said predetermined condition is met biasing means exert a biasing force to move the article from the first position to the second position, characterised in that said predetermined condition is met when at least one formation, located on at least one face of the article, is moved from a first position to a second position, thereby releasing said retaining means and permitting movement of the article from the first position to the second position.
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Abstract
There is provided an article being moveable between a first position and a second position and biased to the second position. The article is retained in the first position by retaining means until a predetermined condition is met, wherein when that predetermined condition is met, biasing means exert a biasing force to move the article from the first position to the second position. The predetermined condition is met when at least one formation, located on at least one face of the article, is moved from a first position to a second position, thereby releasing the retaining means and permitting movement of the article from the first position to the second position. Also provided is a group of at least two articles provided to interact with one another, with one article meeting the predetermined condition for moving the other from the first position to the second position.
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- 1. An article, said article being moveable between a first position and a second position and biased to the second position, said article being retained in the first position by retaining means until a predetermined condition is met, wherein when said predetermined condition is met biasing means exert a biasing force to move the article from the first position to the second position, characterised in that said predetermined condition is met when at least one formation, located on at least one face of the article, is moved from a first position to a second position, thereby releasing said retaining means and permitting movement of the article from the first position to the second position.
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- 22. A group of articles including at least two articles movable between first and second positions and biased to the second positions, said articles retained in their respective first positions by retaining means until a predetermined condition is met, wherein said predetermined condition is met for at least one of the articles when the articles are brought into contact or within a predefined distance, at which point said one of the at least two articles moves from the first position to the second position under the influence of biasing means, characterised in that said predetermined condition is met when at least one formation, located on at least one face of said one of the at least two articles, is moved from a first position to a second position, thereby releasing said retaining means and permitting movement of the said article from the first position to the second position.
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40. A method of causing interaction between at least two articles, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least two articles in respective first positions and moveable between said first position and respective second positions;
moving the at least two articles towards each other until a predetermined condition for either or both of the first and/or second articles is met and wherein once said predetermined condition is met in an article, biasing means exert a biasing force to move that article from the first position to the second position, characterised in that said predetermined condition is met when at least one formation, located on at least one face of that article, is moved from a first position to a second position, by a corresponding formation on the other article, thereby releasing said retaining means and permitting movement of that article from the first position to the second position.
- providing at least two articles in respective first positions and moveable between said first position and respective second positions;
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