Method and apparatus for attaching a trampoline mat to a trampoline frame

A method for attaching a trampoline jumping mat to a trampoline frame using a plurality of clips and a plurality of elastic connectors corresponding thereto, the trampoline jumping mat having, on an edge thereof, a plurality of openings, which are connectable to the trampoline frame by the plurality of clips and the plurality of elastic connectors, respectively, each of the elastic connectors having a first end that is a part of a loop, and a second end that is larger in size than the first end, each clip having:

• a hook shaped to be attachable to a part of the trampoline frame, and having an outer surface configured to guide the first end of a corresponding one of the elastic connectors to pass around the hook, and
• a handle connected to the hook, the handle having
• an aperture sized to allow the first end but not the second end of the corresponding elastic connector to pass therethrough, and
• a protrusion to which the first end of the corresponding elastic connector is fastenable, the method comprising, for each of the clips:
• passing the first end of the corresponding elastic connector through the aperture in said each clip;
• attaching the hook of said each clip to the trampoline frame;
• turning the first end of the corresponding elastic connector to a first direction, such that the first end is then guided around the hook and the part of the trampoline frame to which the hook is attached, thereby changing a direction of the first end to a second direction;
• passing the first end of the corresponding elastic connector through the corresponding one of the plurality of openings at the edge of the trampoline jumping mat, thereby changing the direction of the first end back to the first direction;
• and
• pulling the first end of the corresponding elastic connector over the protrusion of said each clip, and fastening the first end to the protrusion, wherein
• the first direction is a direction from the handle to the hook, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.