Trampoline

-76. (canceled)

A trampoline safety enclosure comprising a wall or walls corresponding to each side of a trampoline mat and extending upwards from edges of the mat substantially vertically, the wall or walls each having a connector attached to or forming part of a lower edge of the wall, the connector located in a hollow central area to connect a base or lower edge of the wall to the trampoline mat, the walls being supported by wall members or similar connected between an upper part or portion of the wall and the remainder of the trampoline mat.

A trampoline edge protector comprising an edge protector pad shaped and sized to fit to and over an edge of a trampoline to cover the edge of the trampoline, a lower surface of the pad having a connector attached to or forming part of the lower surface, the connector located in a hollow central area to connect a base or lower edge of a side wall to the trampoline, the side wall supported by wall members or similar connected between an upper part or portion of the wall and the remainder of the trampoline.

A trampoline safety enclosure comprising:

• at least one net,
• a plurality of net support assemblies,
• each net support assembly having an outer upright aligned substantially vertically, and an inner upright associated with the inner upright, the upper and lower ends of the inner upright connected to the outer upright in such a manner that the body of the inner upright is bowed inwards towards the mat and away from the outer upright, the lower edge of the at least one net fitted with a net connector adapted to hold the lower edge of the net against a trampoline of a trampoline system, the net support assemblies spaced at intervals along the edge of the trampoline system, the net connected to the inner uprights so that the net forms an inwardly-bowed vertically aligned barrier along the edge of the trampoline system.

A trampoline comprising:

• a frame,
• a flexible rebounding mat above the frame, and
• a plurality of resiliently flexible support rods connecting between the frame and an edge of the mat to hold the mat in tension, the support rods having a square or rectangular cross-section and comprising a main support rod having a lower end connected to the frame, an upper end connected to the edge of the mat, and a free length extending upwardly from the frame to the edge of the mat and bowing outwards from the frame and curving upwards from the frame towards the mat substantially perpendicular to the frame, the support rods also comprising a secondary support rod on one side of the main support rod, the secondary support rod extending from the frame towards the mat along part of the length of the main support rod and increasing the resistance of the support rod to bending along said part of the length of the main support rod.