Patent ID: 8790221

Claim:
A trampoline comprising a trampoline sheet or mat; circumextending support structure therefor, the sheet or mat being supported around its periphery from said support structure by spring couplings under tension, the support structure comprising a tubular frame and a plurality of legs supporting the frame, and the spring couplings being covered by an annular pad; and a net enclosure comprising a generally circumextending net mounted on a plurality of poles coupled to the support structure and extending generally upright therefrom, respective sheaths for the poles, to which sheaths the net is directly coupled so that, in use, for the greater part of its height, the position of the net corresponds generally to the periphery of the support structure, and respective members generally in the form of a right triangle mounted to lower regions of the net adjacent the annular pad, each said member having a first edge attached to a said sheath, a second edge extending towards the centre of the sheet and overlying the pad, and a third edge extending between the first and second edges and attached to a lower region of the net, and each said member being coupled to the periphery of the sheet or mat in board of the support structure.