Game apparatus with moving objects

Abstract

A game apparatus has a housing which includes a stationary element located on the housing and at least one movable element located on the housing in association with the stationary element. The stationary element includes members dividing the stationary element into a plurality of sections. The movable element includes members dividing the movable element into a plurality of sections, with the plurality of sections on the movable element equal in number to the plurality of sections on the stationary element. The movable element is movable with respect to the stationary element between three positions. In the central of these positions, one of the sections of the movable element is aligned with one of the sections on the stationary element and in moving the movable element in a first direction, the section on the movable element is aligned with the next adjacent section in the same direction on the stationary element, and by movement of the movable element in the opposite direction, the section on the movable element is aligned with the next adjacent section in the opposite direction on the stationary element. A plurality of objects of at least two different classes are located in the housing and movably positioned in the sections of the movable and stationary elements. The objects can be moved back and forth through the sections of the movable and stationary elements by moving the movable element with respect to the stationary element.