Patent ID: 6036620
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A trampoline comprising:a trampoline frame including a leg portion adapted to be disposed uprightly on a ground surface, and a looped frame portion mounted on top of said leg portion so as to be supported spacedly from and parallel to the ground surface, said looped frame portion confining a bed mounting space therewithin;a jumping bed including a bed member with a peripheral portion and of a dimension smaller than that of said bed mounting space, said jumping bed further including an elastic support unit having a plurality of folded elastic straps, each of said elastic straps having opposite ends secured to said peripheral portion of said bed member and confining a passage for extension of said looped frame portion therethrough, thereby suspending elastically said bed member relative to said looped frame portion; anda looped protective covering having an upper covering portion with an inner peripheral section secured to an upper surface of said peripheral portion of said bed member, and an outer peripheral section that extends above said looped frame portion so as to be disposed outwardly and laterally of said looped frame portion, a lower covering portion that extends from said outer peripheral section of said upper covering portion and that has an inner peripheral section extending below said looped frame portion, and an elastic band secured on said inner peripheral section of said lower covering portion such that said inner peripheral section of said lower covering portion is anchored elastically on said looped frame portion.