Author: claimsbot

What I claim is:

1. A book comprising a front cover, a back cover, a plurality of pages therebetween, and a spine, said covers and said pages comprising a left facing surface and a right facing surface with respect to said spine, wherein said front cover, said back cover and said plurality of pages contain graphical characters such that said graphical characters are configured in an upright position on said right facing surface and are inverted on said left facing surface.
2. A book as in claim 1 wherein said graphical characters comprise text and pictures and wherein said text is written in a single language.
3. A book as in claim 1 wherein said graphical characters on said right facing surface are the same as said graphical characters on said left facing surface.
4. A book as in claim 2 wherein said graphical characters on said right facing surface are the same as said graphical characters on said left facing surface.

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 method for controlling a storage apparatus comprising:
rearranging an order of execution of commands supplied from an external apparatus and queued in the storage apparatus so as to optimize execution of commands; and
adjusting a maximum retry time of a command on the basis of a passage time from receipt of the command, the maximum retry time being defined for each command,
the adjusting including at least one of a first adjustment and a second adjustment,
the first adjustment reducing the maximum retry time of at least one of the commands queued in the storage apparatus on the basis of the passage time of said at least one of the commands at a first timing when the order of execution of commands is rearranged, and
the second adjustment reducing the maximum retry time of a selected command to be executed in the storage apparatus on the basis of the passage time of the selected command at a second timing before the selected command is executed in the storage apparatus.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising updating the maximum the maximum retry time defined by subtracting the passage time from an initial value of the maximum retry time in the first and second adjustments when the passage time does not exceed the initial value of the maximum retry time.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the rearranging includes obtaining the passage time of a specific command from among the commands queued in the storage apparatus, and giving top priority for execution to the specific command when the passage time of the specific command is equal to or longer than an initial value of the maximum retry time.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising error-terminating a specific command when the specific command from among the commands exceeds a sum of an initial value of the maximum retry time and a command execution time necessary to execute the specific command at the first timing.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising error-terminating the selected command to be executed when the passage time of the selected command to be executed exceeds an initial value of the maximum retry time at the second timing.
6. A storage apparatus comprising:
a first part configured to rearrange an order of execution of commands supplied from an external apparatus and queued in the storage apparatus so as to optimize execution of commands; and
a second part configured to adjust a maximum retry time of a command on the basis of a passage time from receipt of the command, the maximum retry time being defined for each command,
the second part executing at least one of a first adjustment and a second adjustment,
the first adjustment reducing the maximum retry time of at least one of the commands queued in the storage apparatus on the basis of the passage time of said at least one of the commands at a first timing when the order of execution of commands is rearranged, and
the second adjustment reducing the maximum rety time of a selected command to be executed in the storage apparatus on the basis of the passage time of the selected command at a second timing before the selected command is executed in the storage apparatus.

1. A mask cushion for a full face mask, wherein the mask cushion comprises only one sealing lip, a sealing area facing a patient’s face and leading into the sealing lip, a contact area to a mask body, and a deformation area which extends between the contact area and the sealing area, the deformation area having a first height (H1) at a base at the bottom, a second height (H2) at the top in a nose bridge area, and a third height (H3) laterally in a paranasal area, with the first height (H1) being at least twice as high as the third height (H3).
2. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein the first height (H1) is greater than the second height (H2), and the second height is greater than the third height (H3).
3. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein H1 is 25 mm+\u22123 mm high andor H2 is 20 mm+\u22122.5 mm high andor H3 is 11 mm+\u22122 mm.
4. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein the mask cushion is made of an elastomeric plastic and has at least two different wall thicknesses.
5. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein a wall thickness in the deformation area at the base and in the nose bridge area is thinner than laterally in the paranasal area.
6. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein a wall thickness in the deformation area in the nose bridge area is thinner than a wall thickness in the deformation area at the base, and a wall thickness at the base is thinner than laterally in the paranasal area.
7. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein a wall thickness laterally in the paranasal area is at least twice a wall thickness in the deformation area at the base.
8. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein a maximum length of the cushion is 105 mm+\u22126 mm and a maximum width of the cushion is 90 mm+\u22124 mm.
9. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein an outer width in the nose bridge area is three times wider than in an inner section of the nose area.
10. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein an the outer width is 35 mm+\u22123 mm in the nose area, and 8 mm+\u22122 mm in an inner section of the nose area.
11. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein a wall thickness in the nose bridge area is \u22660.6 mm.
12. The mask cushion of claim 11, wherein the wall thickness in the nose bridge area ranges from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm.
13. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein a wall thickness of the side area ranges from 1.2 mm to 2.9 mm.
14. The mask cushion of claim 13, wherein the wall thickness in the side area ranges from 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.
15. The mask cushion of claim 13, wherein a wall thickness in the side area is 2.1 mm+\u22120.2 mm.
16. The mask cushion of claim 1, wherein the wall thickness in the deformation area at the base continuously decreases from the base toward a wall of the sealing lip.
17. A full face mask, wherein the mask comprises the mask cushion of claim 1.
18. The full face mask of claim 17, wherein the mask further comprises a steplessly adjustable forehead support.
19. The full face mask of claim 18, wherein the steplessly adjustable forehead support is adjusted by a tightening force of a head harness.
20. The full face mask of claim 17, wherein the mask further comprises a forehead support which comprises a spring element.

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 method of actuating a vehicle ignition start system with a key, said method comprising: inserting said key into a slot formed on said vehicle;
said slot communicating with said vehicle ignition start system upon insertion of said key so as to authorize activation of said vehicle ignition start system;
removing said key from said slot on said vehicle; and
actuating a keyless start button subsequent to said authorization to activate said vehicle ignition start system for starting the engine of said vehicle.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, said key including a remote control to facilitate opening of the doors of the vehicle from a distance.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein insertion of said key gains entry to said vehicle.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the authorization of activation expires after a programmable time interval.
5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said time interval is programmed using controls on the vehicle.
6. A method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said time interval is programmed on the vehicle with said key inserted in said slot.
7. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said time interval is programmed on a computer by attaching said key to a computer via an adapter.
8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said slot is located exteriorly of said vehicle to facilitate insertion and removal of the key while a user is in a normal upstanding position.
9. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said slot is located interiorly of said vehicle to facilitate insertion and removal of the key while a user is in a normal upstanding position.
10. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said slot is located selectively in a door of the vehicle, in a side of a seat, in a doorjamb or in the center of the steering wheel.
11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon the ignition is turned off and the driver’s door has not been opened since ignition was previously turned on, the ignition is enabled to be turned on without requiring reinsertion of key into said slot.
12. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon any door of said vehicle being opened, the system for manual locking of the vehicle doors without the key from the interior of the vehicle is disabled.
13. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein upon all doors of said vehicle being shut, selective locking is enabled from one or more doors in the vehicle from within the vehicle without requiring the key.
14. A system for actuating a vehicle ignition start system with a key, said system comprising: said key being insertable into a slot formed on or within said vehicle, which communicates with said vehicle ignition start system, so as to authorize activation of said vehicle ignition start system;
said key being removed from said slot on said vehicle; and
actuating a start button subsequent to said authorization to said vehicle ignition start system for starting said vehicle.
15. A system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said key is programmed to activate said vehicle ignition start system for a programmable predetermined period of time.
16. A system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said slot is located interiorly or exteriorly of said vehicle to facilitate insertion and removal of the key while a user is in an upstanding position.
17. A system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said slot is located selectively in the interior of a vehicle door, in a side of a vehicle seat, in a doorjamb, or in the center of the steering wheel.
18. A system as claimed in claim 14, wherein upon the ignition is turned off and the driver’s door has not been opened since ignition was previously turned on, the ignition is enabled to be turned on without requiring reinsertion of key into said slot.
19. A system as claimed in claim 14, wherein upon any door of said vehicle being opened, the system for manual locking of the vehicle doors without the key from the interior of the vehicle is disabled.
20. A system as claimed in claim 14, wherein upon all doors of said vehicle being shut, selective locking is enabled from one or more doors in the vehicle from within the vehicle without requiring the key.