Patent ID: 8574132

Claim:
A trampoline comprising: a first frame member; a second frame member; a third frame member; a pole member; and a sleeve joint coupling that couples the first, second, and third frame members and the pole member, the sleeve joint coupling including a first arm with a first passage, a second arm with a second passage, a third arm extending away from the second arm and including a third passage, and an aperture that terminates at a top rim, the first passage having a first axis, the second and third passages sharing a substantially common axis, the first axis being substantially perpendicular to the substantially common axis, the first axis extending in a vertical direction, the first frame member being received in the first passage, the second frame member being received in the second passage, the third frame member being received in the third passage, and the pole member formed in the uppermost surface and being received in the aperture to extend away from the first frame member, at least the second and third arms defining an uppermost surface of the sleeve joint coupling, the top rim of the aperture being one of disposed substantially flush with the uppermost surface.