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US 11,376,463 B2Granted
Spring connector
OwnerSamuel Cheninventor
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Abstract
A trampoline has a trampoline frame, springs connecting to the trampoline frame, a trampoline bed, and spring connectors formed on the trampoline bed at a bed edge of the trampoline bed. The spring connectors connect to the springs. A link retainer is formed on the spring connector. The link retainer has a link opening and a link notch. An outer cover has a hook opening and a strap slot. The outer cover covers the link retainer. The hook opening of the outer cover aligns with the link notch of the link retainer, and the strap slot aligns with the link opening of the outer cover.
Claims9
A trampoline comprising:
- a. a trampoline frame;
- b. springs connecting to the trampoline frame;
- c. a trampoline bed;
- d. spring connectors formed on the trampoline bed at a bed edge of the trampoline bed, wherein the spring connectors connect to the springs;
- e. a link retainer formed on each spring connector, the link retainer has a link opening and a link notch, wherein the link retainer is made of a metal rod with a first link leg and a second link leg meeting at a link leg junction;
- f. a first outer cover having a hook opening and a strap slot, wherein the first outer cover covers the link retainer, wherein the hook opening of the first outer cover aligns with the link notch of the link retainer, and wherein the strap slot aligns with the link opening of the first outer cover;
- and further comprising an outer vertex formed on the link retainer, wherein the outer vertex bends outwardly.
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A trampoline comprising:
- a. a trampoline frame;
- b. springs connecting to the trampoline frame;
- c. a trampoline bed;
- d. spring connectors formed on the trampoline bed at a bed edge of the trampoline bed, wherein the spring connectors connect to the springs;
- e. a link retainer formed on each spring connector, the link retainer has a link opening and a link notch;
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- f. a first link indent and a second link indent, wherein the first link indent is right of the link notch and wherein the second link indent is left of the link notch, wherein the link retainer is formed by bending a metal rod to a triangular shape, wherein the first link indent and the second link indent bend inwards, further comprising an outer cover having a hook opening and a strap slot, wherein the outer cover covers the link retainer, wherein the hook opening of the outer cover aligns with the link notch of the link retainer, and wherein the strap slot aligns with the link opening of the outer cover.
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A trampoline comprising:
- a. a trampoline frame;
- b. springs connecting to the trampoline frame;
- c. a trampoline bed;
- d. spring connectors formed on the trampoline bed at a bed edge of the trampoline bed, wherein the spring connectors connect to the springs;
- e. a link retainer formed on each spring connector, the link retainer has a link opening and a link notch;
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- f. a first link indent and a second link indent, wherein the first link indent is right of the link notch and wherein the second link indent is left of the link notch, wherein the link retainer is formed by bending a metal rod to a triangular shape, wherein the first link indent and the second link indent bend inwards, further comprising a first outer cover that is a different color than a second outer cover, wherein the first outer cover and the second outer cover are color-coded and arranged at different locations on the bed edge, wherein the color coding denotes a suggested order of spring installation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.