Fluid pressure drive racing game apparatus

Claim 1

IN A GAME APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION OF: A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE RACING OBJECTS; MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID OBJECTS ALONG PREDETERMINED RACING PATHS EXTENDING BETWEEN START AND FINISH LOCATIONS; FIRST DRIVE MEANS REACTING WITH EACH OF SAID OBJECTS TO PROPEL EACH SAID OBJECT ALONG ONE OF SAID PREDETERMINED RACING PATHS AT A PREDETERMINED SPEED PROPORTIONATELY RELATED TO THE SAID ONE PATH WHEREBY THE SAME TIME LAPSE OCCURS FOR EACH OBJECT IN NORMAL TRAVEL OF SAID OBJECTS BETWEEN SAID START AND FINISH LOCATIONS ALONG THE PREDETERMINED RACING PATHS; SECOND DRIVE MEANS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID RACING PATHS AND SELECTIVELY CONTROLLABLE BY INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS, SAID SECOND DRIVE MEANS REACTING WITH EACH OBJECT TO PROPEL THE SAME AT SPEEDS SELECTIVELY INCREASES WITH RESPECT TO SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED; EACH OF SAID RACING OBJECTS INCLUDING DEFLECTOR MEANS; SAID SECOND DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING TUBE MEANS AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE THROUGH SAID TUBE MEANS; SAID TUBE MEANS INCLUDING TUBES DISPOSED ABOUT EACH SAID RACING PATH, EACH TUBE HAVING OUTLETS THEREIN DISPOSED TO DIRECT FLUID AGAINST THE DEFLECTOR MEANS OF AN OBJECT TRAVELING ALONG THE RACING PATH ABOUT WHICH THE TUBE IS DISPOSED; SAID SECOND DRIVE MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS MEANS FOR STORING A PREDETERMINED VOLUME OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND INDEPENDENTLY SELECTIVELY CONTROLLABLE VALVE MEANS CONNECTING EACH SAID CHAMBER MEANS WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID TUBES; SAID VOLUME HAVING A MAGNITUDE, AND SAID OUTLETS IN SAID TUBES BEING SIZED SUCH THAT SAID VOLUME IS LESS THAN THE VOLUME REQUIRED TO CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAIN A FLUID FLOW FROM THE OUTLETS OF ANY ONE OF SAID TUBES DURING THE TIME REQUIRED FOR AN OBJECT TO ENTIRELY TRAVERSE THE PREDETERMINED RACING PATH ABOUT WHICH THAT TUBE IS DISPOSED WHEN THE VALVE MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE TUBE IS SELECTIVELY CONTROLLED TO PERMIT FULL FLOW OF FLUID FROM SAID CHAMBER EANS TO THAT TUBE.