Safety enclosure for trampoline

In a trampoline of the type having a plurality of spaced apart vertical legs supporting a horizontally disposed frame surrounding a bed, the improvement comprising an enclosure apparatus for preventing injury to a person using said trampoline, said enclosure apparatus comprising:

• a. a plurality of panel assemblies connected to said frame adjacent to each other completely around the length of said frame, said panel assemblies extending upward from said frame, each of said panel assemblies including
• i. an elongated horizontal member having a first end and a second end,
• ii. two elongated vertical members having a top end and a bottom end, said top end of one on the two vertical members being connected to said first end of said elongated horizontal member and said top end of the other of said two vertical members being connected to said second end of said horizontal member,
• b. a plurality of vertical ropes connected to said elongated horizontal members and to said frame,
• c. a plurality of horizontal ropes connected to said elongated vertical members, each of said panel assemblies being connected to an adjacent panel assembly by wrapping said horizontal ropes once around a pair of said adjacent elongated vertical members and tying the two ends of said horizontal ropes at one pair of said adjacent elongated vertical members for distributing the force of any impact upon said horizontal and vertical ropes over all of said plurality of panel assemblies,
• d. opening means in one of said panel assemblies for permitting a user of said trampoline to enter said enclosure apparatus

In a trampoline of the type having a plurality of spaced apart vertical legs supporting a horizontally disposed frame surrounding a bed, the improvement comprising an enclosure apparatus for preventing injury to a person using said trampoline, said enclosure apparatus comprising:

• a. a plurality of U-shaped panel assemblies connected to said frame adjacent to each other completely around said frame, said panel assemblies extending upward from said frame, each of said panel assemblies including
• i. an elongated horizontal member having a first end and a second end,
• ii. two elongated vertical members having a top end and a bottom end, said top end of one on the two vertical members being connected to said first end of said elongated horizontal member and said top end of the other of said two vertical members being connected to said second end of said horizontal member, each of said vertical members being connected to one of said plurality of vertical legs,
• b. a plurality of parallel, equidistantly spaced vertical ropes connected to said elongated horizontal members and to said frame,
• c. a plurality of parallel, equidistantly spaced horizontal ropes connected to said elongated vertical members, and
• d. opening means in one of said panel assemblies for permitting a user of said trampoline to enter said enclosure apparatus, said opening means comprising an opening in said horizontal ropes and said vertical ropes formed by spacing two of said horizontal ropes which are adjacent and two of said vertical ropes which are adjacent apart a distance sufficient to permit the user to enter said enclosure apparatus through said opening in said vertical and said horizontal ropes.