Trampoline and manufacturing method thereof

Abstract

The present invention provides a trampoline comprising a top panel, and a main body, wherein the method that the top panel attached to the mail body is RF welding or heat sealing. The present invention also provides a trampoline wherein the top panel and the main body are formed as a single piece. The present invention further provides a method of manufacturing trampoline wherein the top panel is attached to the mail body by RF welding or heat sealing, or the top panel and the mail body are formed as a single piece.

Claims

1. A trampoline comprising: a top panel with a plurality of first venting holes in a first size and a plurality of second venting holes in a second size, wherein said first size is smaller than said second size; and a main body with a center opening; wherein said top panel is RF welded or heat sealed to said main body, around the perimeter of said top panel and said main body, covering said center opening; and wherein said plurality of said second venting holes is arranged along the perimeter of said top panel, and said plurality of said first venting holes is surrounded by said plurality of said second venting holes.

2. The trampoline of claim 1, wherein said main body is in a toroidal shape, and said center opening is at a center of said toroidal shape.

3. The trampoline of claim 1, wherein said main body is gas-filled.

4. The trampoline of claim 1, wherein said top panel comprises a flat circular panel comprising a laminated polyvinyl chloride material.

5. The trampoline of claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of second venting holes is oval.

6. The trampoline of claim 1, wherein said center opening is oval.

7. The trampoline of claim 1, wherein said plurality of second venting holes is arranged in two rows along the perimeter of said top panel.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a step in the manufacturing method for the trampoline.

(3) FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a step in the manufacturing method for the trampoline.

(4) FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a step in the manufacturing method for the trampoline.

(5) FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the prior art.

(6) FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the trampoline.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(7) As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3, a trampoline 100 comprises a top panel 10 and a main body 20. The top panel 10 is attached to the main body 20 using RF welding or heat sealing. The main body 20 comprises a toroidal shape with a central opening 21. The top panel 10 comprises a flat circular panel comprising a laminated polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material.

(8) According to an embodiment of the invention, the manufacturing method comprises providing a top panel 10 and a main body 20, heat sealing or RF welding the top panel 10 to the main body 20 around the perimeter of the top panel 10 and the main body 20, wherein the size and shape of the top panel 10 is sized according to the central opening 21 of the main body 20.

(9) In an embodiment, the main body 20 may be gas-filled.

(10) As shown in FIG. 1, in an embodiment, the top panel 10 may further comprise small venting holes 11 sized small enough such that human toes or fingers cannot be trapped by the small venting holes 11. The top panel 10 may further comprise larger ovular venting holes 12.

(11) In another embodiment, the top panel 10 and the main body 20 may be formed of the same material and/or as a single structure. The method for manufacturing may comprise forming the trampoline 100 wherein the top panel 10 and the main body 20 are formed as a single piece without a heat sealing or RF welding.

(12) The above description is given by way of example, and not limitation. Given the above disclosure, one skilled in the art could devise variations that are within the scope and spirit of the invention disclosed herein, including configurations ways of the recessed portions and materials and/or designs of the attaching structures. Further, the various features of the embodiments disclosed herein can be used alone, or in varying combinations with each other and are not intended to be limited to the specific combination described herein. Thus, the scope of the claims is not to be limited by the illustrated embodiments.