Patent ID: 6237169
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A foldable trampoline comprising:a jump cloth having a plurality of cloth ears formed in spaced relationship around a periphery thereof;a plurality of pull rods each having a central protrusion and restricting ends on opposite sides of said central protrusion, said plurality of pull rods respectively received within said plurality of cloth ears;a frame having a plurality of hook holes formed on a top surface thereof and a plurality of thread holes formed on a bottom surface thereof, said frame having a first section, a second section, a third section, and a fourth section;a plurality of spring elements each having an outer hook engaged in a respective hook hole of said plurality of hook holes, each of said plurality of spring elements having an inner curved hook engaged respectively with said central protrusion of said plurality of pull rods, said inner curved hook being a closed hook; anda plurality of support rods respectively removably engaged with said plurality of thread holes, one end of each of said first and second sections of said frame having an insert sheath formed thereof, said insert sheath having one of said plurality of thread holes formed therein, said insert sheath received within an opening in one end of each of said third and fourth sections, said opening of each of said third and fourth sections having a thread hole aligned with said thread hole of said insert sheath, said first section having an L-shaped member extending from an opposite end thereof and received within an opposite end of said fourth section, said opposite end of said fourth section having an upper strut extending therefrom and received with said opposite end of said first section, a thread hole of said plurality of thread holes formed in said L-shaped member, said second section having an upper strut extending from an opposite end of said second section, said upper strut of said second section received within an opposite end of said third section, said opposite end of said third section having an L-shaped member extending therefrom and received within said opposite end of said second section, said L-shaped member of said third section having a thread hole aligned with a thread hole formed in said second section.