Sprinkler attachments

Claim 1

A SPRINKLER ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY BALL-LIKE HOLLOW CASING, A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TUBE CARRIED BY SAID CASING AND PROJECTING THROUGH AN END PORTION THEREOF AND ARRANGED IN WATER-TIGHT RELATION THEREWITH, THE OUTER END OF SAID TUBE ACCOMMODATING THE CONNECTION THERETO OF A WATER HOSE SECTION AND AN INNER PORTION OF SAID TUBE ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CASING HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING, AN INNER SECTION OF SAID TUBE ARRANGED IN SAID CASING HAVING AN ANNULAR INNER TRACKWAY FORMED THEREIN, THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING HAVING AN ANNULAR OUTER TRACKWAY FORMED THEREIN AND POSITIONED IN SURROUNDING RELATION WITH SAID INNER TRACKWAY AND IN RADIAL ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, A SINGLE BALL ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CASING AND POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID TRACKWAYS, A CAGE ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CASING AND MOUNTED FOR FREE ROTATION UPON THE INNER SECTION OF SAID TUBE AND POSITIONED IN TRAPPING RELATION WITH SAID BALL, WHEREBY SAID BALL IS BIASED BY GRAVITY TO ROLL BETWEEN SAID TRACKWAYS INTO A BOTTOM POSITION WITH RESPECT THERETO SO AS TO PIVOT SAID CAGE INTO A POSITION DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY WHEN SAID TUBE IS DISPOSED IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION AND INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PORTION OF SAID CASING THAT IS POSITIONED DOWNWARDLY, SAID CASING HAVING AN ANNULAR ARRAY OF SPRINKLER PORTS THEREIN THAT COMMUNICATE WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF AND THAT ARE DIRECTED GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, AND MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID CASING AND OPERATED BY SAID CAGE IN ITS POSITION DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY FOR CLOSING THE ONES OF SAID SPRINKLER PORTS THAT ARE DIRECTED GENERALLY DOWNWARDLY.