Patent ID: 7854687
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A trampoline and enclosure system comprising: a trampoline comprising a flexible mat and a plurality of coil springs holding the mat in tension within a peripheral frame of the trampoline which surrounds the mat; and an enclosure system comprising a barrier of a flexible net material surrounding the mat above the mat and having a lower peripheral part coupled directly or indirectly to a periphery of the mat and a plurality of resiliently flexible generally upright enclosure support members outside of the barrier relative to the mat and which are connected at or towards the lower ends of the enclosure support members to the frame of the trampoline and which are connected to the barrier net only at or near an upper peripheral part of the barrier to hold the net in tension above the mat, and which enclosure support members are also connected together at or towards the uppers ends of the enclosure support members to draw the upper ends of the enclosure support members away from their natural rest state and towards the center of the mat, so that when impacted by a user against the barrier on one side of the enclosure causing the barrier and enclosure support members on that side of the enclosure to resiliently deform away from the mat, the enclosure support members and barrier on the opposite side of the enclosure will be resiliently deformed towards the center of the mat.