Trampoline park frame

a support frame and trampoline technology, applied in trampolines, gymnastic exercise, sport apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of inability to provide vertical stiffness, inability to meet construction requirements typical of commercial mixed-use developments, and inability to anchor such poles. to achieve the effect of reducing the requirements for ground anchoring of individual columns, reducing the risk of impact between the trampoline and the trampoline, and reducing the risk of impa

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-08-01
DEBLANCO P E JOSEPH R
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The invention is a trampoline park frame system that can be easily installed and removed in commercial buildings. It uses a rectangular array of support columns that are cross-braced to each other, allowing for a short load path to the ground for both vertical and horizontal loading. This design minimizes the accumulation of loading forces and reduces the ground anchoring requirements of each column, making the installation process quick and cost-effective. Additionally, the system can be quickly removed and replaced for different commercial uses.

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Notwithstanding the implementation of such padding there continues to be many visits to Emergency Rooms every year as a result of trampoline impact injuries, with trampoline parks having an increased risk of such between-the-trampoline-fabric impacts due to their multiple, adjacent jumping surfaces.
Unfortunately, a fully suspended cable grid, as is taught by Winkelhorn, is encumbered by load path considerations of cable constructions.
All of the tension / load of the cables is transferred to the periphery of the grid and then to the ground through the “heavy supporting poles.” The anchoring of such poles is not always compatible with construction requirements typical of commercial mixed-use developments.
Such manner of suspended cable support also is not able to provide the vertical stiffness that is desirable when supporting the jumping surface panels.
Such vertical motion is undesirable and detrimentally affects the perceived “jump quality” of the jump surfaces.

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[0028]Reference is now made to the drawings wherein like structures refer to like parts throughout. In FIG. 1 a trampoline park frame 10 is shown placed upon a floor 12, the trampoline park frame 10 supporting a plurality of trampoline beds 14. A plurality of bed support columns 22 arranged in a grid array each have a plurality of trampoline bed support cabling 26 extending in an orthogonal manner to adjacent bed support columns 22, together forming a plurality of rectangular trampoline support grid arrays 28 (see FIG. 3). A pair of cross-brace cabling 32 extends between each pair of adjacent bed support columns 22 providing a short load path for horizontal loading applied to the bed support columns 22.

[0029]Overlying each segment of the trampoline support cabling 26 is a trampoline protective pad 36 provided to minimize the risk of injury upon the inadvertent impact of a jumper against the support cabling 26. A support column protective pad 38 overlies each of the bed support colum...

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A support frame for the multiple jumping surfaces making up a trampoline park utilizes multiple trampoline support grid arrays, each consisting of support cable segments supported by a rectangular array of individual support columns. Each cable segment is attached to a separate pair of support columns within the array. Cross-brace cables likewise are attached to and extend between each separate pair of support columns. The adjacent paired support columns support the individual trampoline beds, with the loading occasioned by jumping users rapidly transferred to ground—the vertical loading through the support columns and the horizontal loading through the cross-brace cabling. The support frame includes peripheral support grid arrays having an outer grid of peripheral support columns with attached kick braces extending to adjacent outer support columns, completing the peripheral horizontal load paths.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Ser. No. 61 / 593,513, filed Feb. 1, 2012, which is incorporated by reference herein for all that it contains.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to trampoline parks where a framework supports multiple, individual jumping surfaces, and more particularly, to a trampoline park where individual jumping surfaces are supported by a cabling support network. More specifically, the present invention relates to a trampoline park support framework that utilizes multiple cable segments supported by a rectangular array of cross-braced individual columns.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Trampoline parks have become a new recreational venue throughout the country. Multiple fabric sections are each connected by a large number of springs to a network of rigid supports. Each of the fabric sections creates...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B5/11
CPCA63B5/11A63B2209/10A63B2071/024A63B2071/0063
InventorDEBLANCO, P.E., JOSEPH R.
OwnerDEBLANCO P E JOSEPH R