[DOC] [TLE] George Nissen - Wikipedia [PAR] George P. Nissen (February 3, 1914  April 7, 2010) was an American gymnast 
and inventor ... He had seen circus trapeze artists use their safety nets as an 
elastic bed to ... both the sport of "rebound tumbling" and his trampoline 
equipment. [DOC] [TLE] USA Gymnastics | Nissen, inventor of modern trampoline, dies April 7 [PAR] I sat next to George during the finals of the 2000 Olympic Trampoline finals. ... 
Nissen got his inspiration for the trampoline when watching trapeze artists at a ... 
Nissen thought adapting the safety net concept could be helpful in his training. ... 
His company expanded to include gymnastics equipment and other products. [DOC] [TLE] George Nissen: Inventor of the trampoline | The Independent [PAR] May 4, 2010 ... In 1930, the 16-year-old George Nissen watched in awe as trapeze artists ... and 
bouncing into a safety net below set the keen gymnast and swimmer ... This led 
Nissen to come up with a piece of equipment he called a bouncing rig. ... The 
trampoline's use extended from circus tumblers and children to the... [DOC] [TLE] Trampoline History - Invention of the Trampolone [PAR] While at the circus George Nissan saw that the trapeze artists would fly through 
the air, dropping at the end of an act into safety netting that would send ... A 
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with ... 
trampoline, gymnastics, Nissen, George Nissen, history, invention, facts, 
biography, inventor. [DOC] [TLE] George Nissen dies at 96; inventor of the modern trampoline - latimes [PAR] Apr 10, 2010 ... George Nissen, who as a teenage gymnast was inspired to invent the modern 
trampoline after watching trapeze artists bounce off a safety net, has died. ... a 
gymnast and diver when he made the serendipitous visit to the circus. ... in Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, which manufactured and sold gymnastics equipment. [DOC] [TLE] Biography of George Nissen - Brentwood Trampoline Club [PAR] Aug 13, 1998 ... George Nissen - a brief biography originally written by Jeannette De Wyze in 
1998. ... with the trapeze fliers, get them to let you play in their safety net. ... But 
when asked to recall what inspired his first invention, he says, "When we ..... In 
the early 1960s, he acquired a line of gymnastic equipment, and he... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about INVENTORS-J - StudyStack [PAR] INSPIRED BY CIRCUS SAFETY NETS, GEORGE NISSEN INVENTED THIS 
PIECE OF GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENT, TRAMPOLINE. DENNIS GABOR WON A
... [DOC] [TLE] Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!  - Grantland [PAR] Aug 3, 2012 ... There are even (most likely apocryphal) tales of a French circus ... His early 
1930s bouncing rig prototype, inspired by the safety nets ... One amazing Sports 
Illustrated piece from 1960 brought news of the use of the equipment even for, ... 
USA Gymnastics chairman Peter Vidmar, who sat next to Nissen in... [DOC] [TLE] November 2015 - Bright House Bright Ideas | STEM For Today's Youth [PAR] He became a celebrity, as he promoted his invention with spectacular antics at 
summer water .... As a child, George Nissen loved it when the traveling circus 
came to his ... drop into the safety net below and finish the routine with a stylish 
flip, Nissen began to ... The gifted gymnast named his new apparatus a 
bouncing rig.. [DOC] [TLE] .Contract Programs Trampoline and Tumbling [PAR] The gymnastic discipline of trampoline comes from the circuses of the 1930s, 
where stretched out safety nets became makeshift trampolines that ... George 
Nissen and Larry Griswold once watched this aerial display which inspired them 
to .... Athletes will also begin to execute their skills on different pieces of 
equipment. [DOC] [TLE] The Trampoline by Wesley Koestler on Prezi [PAR] George Nissen was born on February 3, 1914 in Blairstown, Iowa and died on ... 
He also made the U.S. Olympic swim team and qualified for the gymnastics team. 
... a traveling circus, he would watch the trapeze artists drop into the safety net ... 
This is what inspired him to create the trampoline in 1930 in his parent's garage.

Question: Inspired by circus safety nets, George Nissen invented this piece of gymnastics equipment
Answer: Trampoline