Game apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention comprises, in its simplest form, a mechanism capable of projecting matter toward a plurality of player positions, plus mechanisms for selecting when to project the matter and for selecting which of the player positions to project the matter towards.
In practice, high play value is likely for an embodiment of the invention in which the matter to be projected is water, and the aforementioned mechanisms comprise a rotatory nozzle which spins about an axis central to the player positions, an indexing device which stops the nozzle at generally unpredictable intervals to point at an indexed player position, a trigger to allow the indexed player to restart rotation of the nozzle, and a clocking device which initiates the discharge of water from the nozzle toward an indexed player, after the expiration of a period of play involving rotation of the nozzle among the players.
Therefore it is among the primary objectives of the present invention to provide a novel game apparatus which spins a nozzle about a rotary mount to selectively point the nozzle at players, allows a currently selected player to trigger a propulsion means to spin the nozzle away from himself, and which, through means beyond the immediate control of the players, opens a valve or otherwise actuates a flow controlling or forcing mechanism to surprise a selected player with a spray of liquid from the nozzle.
It is noted that forms of matter other than water may be of play value when projected by embodiments of the present invention.
For example, the invention may be used to project foam or other material from an aerosol can, or a catapult type projecting device might be incorporated to allow the invention to discharge a foam rubber hall or other solid object.