The company expects orders for more than 1,000 playrooms this year. Driving this growth are business owners such as Jon Rodgers of Rentals Unlimited in Bolingbrook. It now has seven playrooms available, most of which are rented every weekend in the summer. Parents are encouraged to supervise the children while they are in the inflatable to help prevent injuries, Rodgers said. ARA Insurance Services, the largest insurer of rental companies, has fielded few claims from injuries in inflatable playrooms, said Mike Martini, a claims agent for the Kansas City, Mo.-based company.
Bloody noses are the most common injury and usually result from an overcrowded playroom.
Other injuries come when older, larger children land on smaller, younger children, Martini said. The retired United Airlines pilot began renting large inflatable rooms for children's parties and other events in 1997. The first year, Ju-Ju Jumps lost money. The second year the company broke even. Ramey has made a profit the past two years.