Soccer Trampoline Enclosure With Integrated Goal Compartments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing trampoline systems fail to provide a realistic soccer gaming experience, either by lacking soccer-specific accessories or by not integrating well with the trampoline's rebounding surface.
Innovation Solution
A trampoline system with a frame, rebounding mat, poles, and an enclosure made of flexible material that includes openings and compartments to mimic soccer goals, providing a closed gaming area and enhancing the gaming experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If soccer goals are placed outside the trampoline enclosure, then the trampoline provides versatile playing space, but the soccer gaming experience becomes less realistic and the ball can leave the playing area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the soccer goal structure with the trampoline enclosure by integrating compartments into the enclosure walls. This combination allows the enclosure to serve dual purposes: containing the ball during play while maintaining the trampoline's rebounding functionality, thus resolving the contradiction between versatility and ball containment.
Solution Approach 2:
The soccer goal compartments are nested within the enclosure structure, with openings in the enclosure walls forming the goal mouths. This nesting allows the soccer goal functionality to be embedded within the existing enclosure without requiring separate external structures, achieving both containment and versatility.
2Reliability
If soccer panels or targets are added to existing trampolines, then the trampoline provides a secure boundary, but the soccer gaming experience remains unrealistic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating specific openings in the enclosure walls that form goal mouths, rather than uniformly covering the entire enclosure. This localized modification allows soccer-specific functionality to be integrated while maintaining the overall security and boundary definition of the enclosure.
Solution Approach 2:
The enclosure with integrated compartments provides a dynamic structure that can accommodate both soccer play and trampoline activities. The flexible material and opening configurations allow the enclosure to adapt to different gaming scenarios, enhancing realism while maintaining boundary security.
3Reliability
If the enclosure is made completely closed to prevent ball escape, then ball containment is improved, but the gaming area becomes less accessible and dynamic play is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is segmented with specific openings formed by compartments that create goal mouths. These segmented openings allow controlled access for soccer gameplay while the remaining enclosed portions maintain ball containment. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by providing targeted accessibility without compromising overall containment.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system replicates the experience of playing with real soccer goals, ensuring the ball stays within the playing area, enhancing safety and excitement, and allowing for dynamic play.
Implementation Method 1
a rebounding mat (14) coupled to the frame (12) by an elastic mechanism (16)
Implementation Method 2
the compartment is configured to absorb at least a portion of energy of the ball moving therethrough
Data Source
AI summary
A trampoline system having a frame, a rebounding mat coupled to the frame and a plurality of poles distributed around the rebounding mat. The trampoline system has an enclosure comprising a flexible material coupled to the upper portions of the poles and extending downwardly to the rebounding mat and therearound. An opening is defined in the flexible material to allow a ball to go through, the opening extending substantially from the rebounding mat and upwardly. The trampoline system has a compartment snuggly connected to the opening and extending outwards the enclosure, the compartment being adapted to receive a ball from interior of the enclosure and prevent the ball from leaving the trampoline system. The enclosure and the compartment define together a laterally closed gaming area enabling to keep the ball inside the gaming area. The trampoline system may be a dedicated soccer trampoline system providing a realistic soccer gaming experience.