Electronic fluid sensing actuating target apparatus

A game comprising the combination of:

• A water-jet source to be operated by a shooting player;
• and target apparatus, comprising:
• A target support having a target zone and formed as a garment to be worn by a target player;
• an electrical moisture detector carried by said support and placed to constitute the bull's-eye of the target;
• and
• an electrical signal means responsive to a signal from said detector to indicate a hit on the target by the water-jet.

In a water-jet target game, the combination of:

• A garment to be worn by a player as a target;
• A detector secured to said garment and positioned to provide a bull's-eye thereon;
• an electrical signaling means controlled by said detector and secured to said garment for providing an indication of a hit on the bull's-eye;
• and
• a counter means controlled by said detector and secured to said garment for counting a score of hits.

An electronic hit sensing target apparatus for use in a fluid jet-stream target game comprising, in combination;

• a support providing a target zone;
• a power source carried by said support;
• a fluid presence detector,
• positioned as the bull's-eye of said zone, for providing an electrical response to a hit by the fluid on the bull's-eye;
• said detector comprising spaced conductors short-circuited by penetration of fluid therebetween
• so that said response is an electrical order;
• electrical signaling means responsive to said order for indicating a hit;
• an insulating screen adjacent the conductors for leading penetrating fluid away;
• and
• a fluid absorber adjacent said screen for preventing false triggering and readying the conductors for a repeat response to a suceeding hit.

A mobile target apparatus comprising;

• A support having a target zone and adapted to be worn by a player;
• an electrical fluid-presence detector carried by said support and positioned to provide a target bull's-eye,
• said detector producing an electrical control effect when hit by a fluid-jet stream;
• and
• an electric signal means responsive to said control effect to indicate the hit.

A target apparatus comprising:

• A support,
• first and second electrical water-presence detectors
• each carried by the support and each having a pair of spaced conductors constituting resistance parameters;
• a water storage tank for accumulating water from the first detector;
• relay means actuated by either detector and coupled to both for setting up a two wire power system;
• and
• a signal device activated by said system,
• the first detector sensing, by a resistance drop, a hit on the target,
• thereby closing the relay, the signal device simultaneously initiating an instantaneous signal,
• the second detector being positioned in the tank and sensing, by a resistance drop, a predetermined water level therein,
• thereby to close and hold the relay closed and the signal continuous.

A target apparatus comprising:

• a support having a target zone;
• an electrical fluid-presence detector carried by said support, said detector having electrical sensing elements positioned in static mode and exposed in said target zone to provide a bull's-eye,
• said detector producing an electrical control effect when said exposed electrical sensing elements are directly hit by a fluid jet stretch and
• an electric signal means responsive to said control effect to indicate a hit.