Author: claimsbot

1. A motivational game for encouraging good behavior activity by children comprising:
(a) a game board bearing indicia representing a store at which various real-world reward items may be acquired by a child playing the game, said game board including plural locations;
(b) a plurality of tokens, each of said tokens representing a predetermined value and bearing indicia representative of said value, said tokens being arranged to be acquired by the child in response to completing an assigned task or in response to taking an action exhibiting good behavior, said assigned task or action of good behavior being established by an adult playing the game;
(c) a plurality of reward markers, each of said markers bearing indicia representative of a real-world reward that can be acquired by the child who completes a assigned task or who takes an action of good behavior, each of said reward markers having a redemption value established by an adult and arranged for releasable securement to said game board at a respective one of said locations; and
(d) a receptacle assigned to the child for receipt of tokens acquired by the child, said receptacle being arranged to be opened to enable tokens to be removed therefrom by the child to be redeemed for reward markers, whereupon when a sufficient number of tokens equaling the redemption value for a particular reward have been acquired by the child they may be removed from said receptacle and traded for the desired reward marker so that the child may claim the real-world reward represented by said reward marker.
2. The game of claim 1 wherein some of said rewards are selected from a set of predetermined rewards, whereupon each of said reward markers bears indicia representative of a respective one of a particular reward of said set.
3. The game of claim 1 wherein some of said rewards are determined by agreement of the adult and child playing the game, and wherein some of said reward markers include a blank area arranged to have indicia applied thereto by either the adult or child to represent the particular reward determined by the agreement of the adult and child.
4. The game of claim 2 wherein some of said rewards are determined by agreement of the adult and child playing the game, and wherein some of said reward markers include a blank area arranged to have indicia applied thereto by either the adult or child to represent the particular reward determined by the agreement of the adult and child.
5. The game of claim 1 wherein said tokens are in the form of tickets.
6. The game of claim 1 wherein said game board is arranged to be disposed horizontally.
7. The game of claim 1 wherein said game board is arranged to be disposed vertically.
8. The game of claim 7 additionally comprising a suspension member for suspending said board vertically.
9. The game of claim 1 wherein said game additionally comprises a plurality of cooperating hook and look fasteners for releasably securing said reward markers to said game board.
10. The game of claim 1 wherein said receptacle bears indicia representing a bank.
11. A method of encouraging good behavior activity by at least one child playing a game with at least one adult comprising:
(a) providing a game comprising a game board bearing indicia representing a store at which various real-world reward items may be acquired by the at least one child, said game board including plural locations, a plurality of tokens each of which represents a predetermined value, each of said tokens bearing indicia representative of said predetermined value, a bank for receipt of said tokens, and a plurality of reward markers, each of said reward markers bearing indicia representative of a real-world reward that can be acquired by said at least one child who completes a desired task or who exhibits good behavior;
(b) providing a list of assigned tasks or actions of good behavior for said at least one child, each of said assigned tasks or actions of good behavior having an assigned value;
(c) said at least one adult establishing a redemption value for each of said reward markers and advising the child of the value of each of said reward markers;
(d) said at least one child selecting at least one reward marker from said plurality of reward markers, said at least one reward marker being indicative of a particular reward that said at least one child wishes to receive;
(e) releasably securing said selected at least one reward marker onto one of said locations on said game board;
(e) said at least one child undertaking a task from said list or exhibiting an action of good behavior from said list;
(f) an adult providing said at least one child with at least one token in response to the accomplishment of said task or action of good behavior;
(g) said at least one child depositing said at least one token in said bank, whereupon when said at least one child has sufficient tokens within said bank totaling the redemption value of the reward marker said at least one child wishes said at least one child may redeem that number of tokens to claim the real-world reward represented by said reward marker.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the number of tokens provided to said at least one child is a function of the number of times that an adult has to remind the child to perform the task or undertake the action of good behavior.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the assigned value for each of said tasks or actions of good behavior is established by an adult based on the age of the child.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein said tasks or actions of good behavior are to be completed by the child at home.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein said tasks or actions of good behavior are to be completed by the child at school.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein said selected at least one reward marker being removed from said location on said game board when it is redeemed.
17. The method of claim 11 wherein at least one of said reward markers has a blank area, and wherein said method additionally comprises an adult or said at least one child applying indicia representative of a particular real-world reward onto said blank area of said reward marker.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein said particular real-world reward is determined by the agreement of the adult and child.
19. The method of claim 11 wherein said game is played by plural children, with each child being assigned a respective bank for receipt of tokens earned by that child.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A mobile radio communication unit, comprising:
a controller configured to operate in a normal mode and in an application mode, wherein the controller is configured to be controlled by an application program in a second mode of operation;
at least one storage device, the at least one storage device storing identification information, wherein the identification information identifies a user of the mobile radio communication unit, and at least one application program configured to execute in a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation; and
an interface coupled to the controller, the interface being for mechanically and electrically coupling to the at least one storage device, the at least one storage device being attachable to the interface, wherein while the interface is mechanically and electrically coupled to the at least one storage device, the controller is electrically coupled to the at least one storage device, and the application program is adapted to control said controller via the interface while executing in the second mode of operation.
2. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one application program includes a payment application program.
3. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one storage device includes a first storage device and a second storage device, wherein the first storage device stores the at least one application program and the second storage device stores the identification information.
4. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 3, wherein the first storage device is configured for attachably coupling to the interface.
5. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 3, wherein the second storage device includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card that is configured for attachably coupling to the interface.
6. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one application program includes a cash card application program.
7. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one application program includes a credit card application program.
8. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one application program is controllable for being activated to control operations of the controller.
9. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mobile radio communication unit is a mobile telephone.
10. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one storage device is configured for attachably coupling to the interface.
11. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, and further comprising a transceiver that is bidirectionally coupled to the controller and to an external communication network.
12. A mobile communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mobile radio communication unit is for wireless transmission and reception, and the unit is configured to transmit and receive data relating to the application program.
13. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the another application program is electrically coupled to controller.
14. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one storage device includes a first storage device and a second storage device, wherein the first storage device stores the at least one application program and the identification information and the second storage device stores the another application program, and the interface comprises:
a first and a second interface coupled to the controller, the first interface being for mechanically and electrically coupling to the first storage device and the second interface being for mechanically and electrically coupling to the second storage device, the first storage device being attachable to the first interface and the second storage device being attachable to the second interface, wherein while the first interface is mechanically and electrically coupled to the first storage device, the controller is electrically coupled to the first storage device, and while the second interface is mechanically and electrically coupled to the second storage device, the controller is electrically coupled to the second storage device, wherein the application program is capable of sending messages to the another application program via the first and the second interface while the first and the second storage devices are electrically coupled to the controller.
15. The mobile radio communication unit of claim 1, the at least one storage device comprising a first memory device with a first application program and a second memory device with a second application program, the first application program being adapted to send messages to the second application program, via the interface.
16. The mobile radio communication unit of claim 15 wherein the first memory device comprises a credit card and the second memory device comprises a credit card.
17. A method for use in operating a mobile radio communication unit that comprises a controller coupled to an interface, the method comprising:
providing at least one storage device that stores identification information, wherein the identification information identifies a user of the mobile radio communication unit; and at least one application program configured to execute in a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation;
mechanically and electrically coupling the at least one storage device to the interface so that the at least one storage device is attachable to the interface, for enabling the at least one storage device to be electrically coupled to the controller;
an application program entering from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation, wherein the application program is configured to control said controller; and
said application program controlling said controller.
18. A method as set forth in claim 17, and further comprising a step of registering a payment transaction with at least one of an external terminal and the at least one application program.
19. A method as set forth in claim 18, wherein prior to the performance of the registering step, further steps are performed of:
entering information into the mobile radio communication unit; and
in response to the entering step, the mobile radio communication unit performs a step of:
comparing the entered information to the identification information to determine if the entered information and the identification information are similar; and, if they are similar, the registering step is performed.
20. A method as set forth in claim 18, wherein the at least one application program has an associated account balance, and wherein the method further comprises a step of decreasing the associated account balance by an amount of the payment transaction.
21. A method as set forth in claim 20, wherein prior to the performance of the decreasing step, further steps are performed of:
receiving information representing the associated account balance from a network; and
storing the received information representing the associated account balance in the mobile radio communication unit.
22. A method as set forth in claim 18, wherein an external storage location stores information specifying a transaction credit value for the mobile radio communication unit, and wherein the method further includes steps of:
retrieving the information specifying the transaction credit value from the external storage location; and
storing the retrieved information specifying the transaction credit value in the mobile radio communication unit.
23. A method as set forth in claim 22, wherein the external storage location is located within an external communication network.
24. A method as set forth in claim 22, wherein the retrieving step includes communicating a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the mobile radio communication unit to the external storage location for retrieving the information specifying the transaction credit value from the external storage location.
25. A method as set forth in claim 18, wherein the mobile radio communication unit has an associated account balance, and wherein prior to the registering step, further steps are performed of:
providing information representing a credit value from a credit source to the mobile radio communication unit, the credit value being at least as great as a value of the payment transaction; and
increasing a value off the associated account balance by the credit value represented by the information provided to the mobile radio communication unit.
26. A method as set forth in claim 25, wherein after the step of registering is performed, a further step is performed of decreasing the value of the associated account balance by the value of the payment transaction.
27. A method as set forth in claim 17, and further comprising steps of:
entering information into the mobile radio communication unit specifying that a payment be made from the mobile radio communication unit to an external terminal;
establishing a communication link between the mobile radio communication unit and the external terminal;
verifying that an account associated with the at least one application program has at least a predetermined balance; and
registering a payment transaction with at least one of the external terminal and the at least one application program.
28. A method as set forth in claim 17, wherein information indicating a balance of a user account is stored in an external storage device, the external storage device being external to the mobile radio communication unit, and wherein further steps are performed of:
entering information into the mobile radio communication unit requesting that the information indicating the balance of the user account be retrieved from the external storage device; and
in response to the mobile radio communication unit receiving the entered information, communicating between the mobile radio communication unit and the external storage device for retrieving from the external storage device the information indicating the balance of the user account.
29. A method as set forth in claim 17, wherein information indicating a balance of a user account is stored in a memory of the mobile radio communication unit, and wherein further steps are performed of:
entering information into the mobile radio communication unit requesting that the information indicating the balance of the user account be retrieved;
in response to the mobile radio communication unit receiving the entered information, retrieving the information indicating the balance of the user account from the memory; and
providing the information indicating the balance of the user account to a user.
30. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one storage device is removable from the interface.
31. The method of claim 17 wherein the at least one storage device is removable from the interface.
32. A method as set forth in claim 17, wherein the mobile radio communication unit is for wireless transmission and reception, and the unit is configured to transmit and receive data relating to the application program.
33. The method of claim 17 further comprising transmitting a message from a first application program on a first memory device to a second application program on a second memory device.
34. A method for use in operating a mobile radio communication unit that comprises a controller coupled to an interface, the method comprising the steps of:
providing to the mobile radio communication unit at least one storage device that stores at least one application program and identification information, wherein the identification information identifies a user of the mobile radio communication unit,
mechanically and electrically coupling the at least one storage device to the interface, for enabling the at least one storage device to be electrically coupled to the controller, and the at least one application program being capable of sending messages to another application program via the interface;
providing to the mobile radio communication unit at least one other application program, the at least one other application program relating to a first user account having a first balance, the one other application program being capable of receiving instructions from the at least one application program, wherein an external storage location stores a second user account having a second balance;
retrieving at least a portion of the second balance from the second user account stored in the external storage location; and
increasing the first balance by an amount that is equal to the portion of second balance retrieved from the second user account.
35. A method as set forth in claim 34, and further comprising a step of decreasing the second balance by an amount that is equal to the portion of second balance retrieved from the second user account.
36. A mobile radio communication unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the identification information also identifies a telephone number of the mobile radio communication unit.
37. A method as set forth in claim 17, wherein the identification information also identifies a telephone number of the mobile radio communication unit.
38. A method as set forth in claim 36, wherein the first user account is an electronic money purse residing at the mobile radio communication unit, and the first balance is a balance of digital cash for making payments at an electronic point of sale.
39. A method as set forth in claim 34, wherein the mobile radio communication unit is for wireless transmission and reception, and the unit is configured to transmit and receive data relating to the application program.
40. The method of claim 34 further comprising transmitting a message from a first application program on a first memory device to a second application program on a second memory device.
41. A control device for use with a mobile communication unit, comprising:
a controller;
at least one storage device, the at least one storage device storing identification information, wherein the identification information identifies a user of the mobile radio communication unit, and at least one application program configured to execute in a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation; and
an interface for mechanically and electrically coupling the control device to the mobile radio communication unit, the control device being removably attachable by the user to the mobile radio communication unit for bringing the control device into mechanical and electrical contact with the mobile radio communication unit, and the application program is adapted to control the mobile radio communication unit via the interface while the control device is in mechanical and electrical contact with the mobile radio communication unit and the application program executes in the second mode of operation.
42. A control device as set forth in claim 41, wherein the at least one application program includes a payment application program.
43. A control device as set forth in claim 41, wherein the at least one storage device includes a first storage device and a second storage device, wherein the first storage device stores the at least one application program and the second storage device stores the identification information.
44. A control device as set forth in claim 43, wherein the first storage device is configured for attachably coupling to the mobile radio communication unit.
45. A control device as set forth in claim 43, wherein the second storage device includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card that is configured for attachably coupling to the mobile radio communication unit.
46. A control device as set forth in claim 41, wherein the at least one application program includes a cash card application program.
47. A control device as set forth in claim 41, wherein the at least one application program includes a credit card application program.
48. A control device as set forth in claim 41, wherein the at least one application program is controllable for being activated to control operations of the mobile radio communication unit.
49. A control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control device is configured for attachably coupling to the interface.
50. A control device as in claim 41, wherein the control device includes the identification information in a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for identification of the user of the mobile radio communication unit.
51. A control device as in claim 41, wherein the at least one application program relates to a first user account of the mobile radio communication unit, the first user account having a first balance, and
while the interface is mechanically and electrically coupled to the mobile radio communication unit, the at least one application program is configured to control the mobile radio communication unit to retrieve, using wireless communication, at least a portion of a second balance of a second user account being stored in an external storage location and to increase the first balance by an amount that is equal to the portion of the second balance retrieved from the second user account.
52. A control device as in claim 41, wherein the first user account is an electronic money purse, and the at least one application program is adapted to control storage of the portion of the second balance as digital cash in the electronic money purse.
53. A control device as in claim 41, wherein the control device is a smart card.
54. A control device as set forth in claim 41, wherein the mobile radio communication unit is for wireless transmission and reception, and the unit is configured to transmit and receive data relating to the application program.
55. A control device as set forth in claim 41, wherein the application program is capable of sending messages to another application program electrically coupled to the mobile radio communication unit.
56. The control device of claim 41 the at least one storage device comprising a first memory device with a first application program and a second memory device with a second application program, the first application program being adapted to send messages to the second application program, via the interface.

1. A stormwater treatment system for eliminating solid debris and pollutants from drainage discharge comprising, in combination:
(a) a cylindrical vessel having a closed base adapted to be buried underground;
(b) an inner cylindrical wall, contained within the cylindrical vessel, and protruding upward from the vessel’s closed base forming an outer annular chamber and an inner cylindrical chamber;
(c) an inlet pipe extending through the wall of the cylindrical vessel for directing stormwater from the ground surface into the outer chamber and discharging the stormwater at a predetermined angle to an axis of the inlet pipe;
(d) a vertical pipe, contained within the inner cylindrical chamber and cylindrical vessel, said vertical pipe being open at opposed ends;
(e) an outlet pipe extending through the wall of the cylindrical vessel at a position diametrically opposed to the inlet pipe and further extending through the inner cylindrical wall to form a Tee with the vertical pipe; and
(f) at least one weir opening formed through the inner cylindrical wall at a predetermined height above the closed base.
2. The stormwater treatment system for eliminating solid debris and pollutants from drainage discharge, as in claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle is in a range of from about 45 to 90 and is in a generally horizontal plane.
3. The stormwater treatment system for eliminating solid debris and pollutants from drainage discharge as in claim 1 wherein at least one weir opening is a vertical slot.
4. The stormwater treatment system for eliminating solid debris and pollutants from drainage discharge as in claim 3 and further including an additional horizontal weir opening.
5. The stormwater treatment system for eliminating solid debris and pollutants from drainage discharge as in claim 4 wherein the horizontal weir is at a lower elevation than the inlet pipe, the outlet pipe, and a bottom end of the vertical slot relative to the closed base.
6. The stormwater treatment system for eliminating solid debris and pollutants from drainage discharge as in claim 1 wherein the inlet pipe, the outlet pipe and at least one opening are at the same elevation relative to the closed base.
7. A method for separating and eliminating solid debris from stormwater in a sewer system comprising the steps of:
(a) burying an outer cylindrical tank beneath the surface of the ground, said outer tank having a closed base supporting a concentrically disposed cylindrical wall to define an outer annular chamber and an inner cylindrical chamber said cylindrical wall having a weir opening formed through it at a first predetermined elevation about said base;
(b) providing a stormwater inlet pipe extending through the outer cylindrical tank leading to the annular chamber, the inlet pipe being in fluid communication with sewer inlet openings at ground surface and entering the outer cylindrical tank at said first predetermined elevation above the closed base;
(c) providing an outlet pipe that leads from the cylindrical chamber, through the cylindrical wall and through the outer cylindrical tank at said first predetermined elevation, the outlet pipe being connected to a vertically disposed vent pipe disposed in the cylindrical chamber and having an upper open end at an elevation above that of said cylindrical wall and a lower open end at a second predetermined elevation less than the first predetermined elevation; and
(d) allowing gravity to flow stormwater through the inlet pipe and around the annular chamber until the stormwater level in the annular chamber reaches the first predetermined elevation to flow through the weir opening into the cylindrical chamber, thereby increasing the settling time for solids present in the stormwater.
8. The method of claim 7 and further extending the settling time for solids circulating in the annular chamber by the time required for stormwater passing through
the weir to exit the cylindrical tank by way of the vent pipe and outlet pipe.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A color cathode ray tube comprising:
an evacuated envelope including a panel having an approximately rectangular shape formed by long sides and short sides and having an inner surface curved with an equivalent radius of curvature smaller than that of an outer surface as well as a phosphor screen formed on the inner surface, a neck accommodating an electron gun, and a funnel connecting the panel and the neck; and
a pressed mask having an apertured region disposed close to the inner surface of the panel and having a curvature curved to become convex toward the phosphor screen and multiple slots formed to be connected by bridges in their long-length directions,
wherein letting Rd (mm) be the equivalent radius of curvature of the outer surface of the panel in a diagonal direction thereof in the effective region of the phosphor screen and letting V (inch) be an effective diameter of the phosphor screen in a diagonal direction thereof,
Rd10(42.5V45.0),
the optical transmissivity of the panel being 60% or less,
the opening rate per unit area of the slots in the pressed mask being larger at an end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction than in the center of the apertured region.
2. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein letting P1 be the connection-direction pitch of slots in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask and letting P2 be the connection-direction pitch of slots at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
P1<P2.
3. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein letting P1 be the connection-direction pitch of slots in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask, letting P2 be the connection-direction pitch of slots at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
letting B1 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges in the center of the apertured region, and letting B2 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
P1<P2 and B1>B2.
4. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein letting B1 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask and letting B2 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
B1>B2.
5. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein the optical transmissivity of the panel is 50% or less.
6. A color cathode ray tube comprising:
an evacuated envelope including a panel having an approximately rectangular shape formed by long sides and short sides and having an inner surface curved with an equivalent radius of curvature smaller than that of an outer surface as well as a phosphor screen formed on the inner surface, a neck accommodating an electron gun, and a funnel connecting the panel and the neck; and
a pressed mask having an apertured region disposed close to the inner surface of the panel and having a curvature curved to become convex toward the phosphor screen and multiple slots formed to be connected by bridges in their long-length directions,
wherein letting Rd (mm) be the equivalent radius of curvature of the outer surface of the panel in a diagonal direction thereof in the effective region of the phosphor screen and letting V (inch) be an effective diameter of the phosphor screen in a diagonal direction thereof,
Rd10(42.5V45.0),
letting Td be the thickness in a tube-axis direction of the end of the panel in the diagonal direction in the effective region of the phosphor screen and letting Tc be the thickness in the tube-axis direction of the center of the panel,
(TdTc)Tc0.8,
the ratio of the bridges per unit area in the pressed mask being larger in the center of the apertured region than at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction.
7. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 6, wherein letting P1 be the connection-direction pitch of slots in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask and letting P2 be the connection-direction pitch of slots at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
P1<P2.
8. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 6, wherein letting P1 be the connection-direction pitch of the slots in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask, letting P2 be the connection-direction pitch of the slots at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
letting B1 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges in the center of the apertured region, and letting B2 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
P1<P2 and B1>B2.
9. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 6, wherein letting B1 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask and letting B2 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
B1>B2.
10. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 6, wherein TdTc12 mm.
11. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 6, wherein the optical transmissivity of the panel is 60% or less.
12. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 6, wherein (TdTc)Tc0.7.
13. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 12, wherein TdTc10 mm.
14. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 12, wherein the optical transmissivity of the panel is 50% or less.
15. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 6, wherein an effective diameter of the phosphor screen in the diagonal direction thereof is 76 cm or more.
16. A color cathode ray tube comprising:
an evacuated envelope including a panel having an approximately rectangular shape formed by long sides and short sides and having an inner surface curved with an equivalent radius of curvature smaller than that of an outer surface as well as a phosphor screen formed on the inner surface, a neck accommodating an electron gun, and a funnel connecting the panel and the neck; and
a pressed mask having an apertured region disposed close to the inner surface of the panel and having a curvature curved to become convex toward the phosphor screen and multiple slots formed to be connected by bridges in their long-length directions,
wherein letting Rd (mm) be the equivalent radius of curvature of the outer surface of the panel in a diagonal direction thereof in the effective region of the phosphor screen and letting V (inch) be an effective diameter of the phosphor screen in a diagonal direction thereof,
Rd10(42.5V45.0),
the opening rate per unit area of the slots in the pressed mask being larger at an end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction than in the center of the apertured region,
the ratio of the bridges per unit area in the pressed mask being larger in the center of the apertured region than at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction.
17. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein letting P1 be the connection-direction pitch of slots in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask and letting P2 be the connection-direction pitch of slots at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
P1<P2.
18. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein letting P1 be the connection-direction pitch of the slots in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask, letting P2 be the connection-direction pitch of the slots at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction, letting B1 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges in the center of the apertured region, and letting B2 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
P1<P2 and B1>B2.
19. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein letting B1 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges in the center of the apertured region of the pressed mask and letting B2 be the connected-slot space width of each of bridges at the end of the apertured region in the diagonal direction,
B1>B2.
20. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein an effective diameter of the phosphor screen in the diagonal direction thereof is 76 cm or more.