Trampoline with seating

Abstract

A trampoline having one or more seat structures supported on a surrounding support frame with which a jumping surface is resiliently stretched. Each seat is carried by the surrounding support structure and is secured in plane by attachment to a trampoline leg that supports the jumping surface and the surrounding support frame. The seat structures are attachable to many known trampolines and provide seating outside of the jumping surface of the trampoline so that people can sit on the seats even while other people are jumping on the jumping surface and without obstructing the jumping surface.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . A trampoline as in  claim 12 , further including
 clamping means affixed to the support bar below the hook; and   means securing said support bar below said hook to a trampoline leg.   
     
     
         4 . A trampoline as in  claim 3 , wherein the means below the hook securing the support bar to a trampoline leg is a clamp. 
     
     
         5 . A trampoline as in  claim 4 , wherein the support bar is L-shaped with a first leg secured to a bottom of the seat base and extending across said bottom and a second leg extending downwardly from one end of the first leg to have the hook affixed intermediate its leg and the clamp affixed to a bottom end of said second leg. 
     
     
         6 . A trampoline as in  claim 5 , further including
 a diagonal brace rigidly interconnecting the free end of the first leg to the second leg intermediate the length of said second leg.   
     
     
         7 . A trampoline as in  claim 6 , wherein
 the seat base has padding covering an upper surface thereof and a cover enclosing said padding.   
     
     
         8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . A seat as in  claim 14 , wherein
 the support bar further includes clamping means at the end of the support bar opposite the seat base, said clamping means providing means to secure said support bar to a trampoline leg.   
     
     
         10 . A seat as in  claim 9 , wherein
 the support bar is L-shaped and has one leg fixed to the bottom surface of the seat base.   
     
     
         11 . A seat as in  claim 10 , wherein
 the seat base has padding on the upper surface thereof; and   a cover encloses said padding.   
     
     
         12 . A trampoline comprising
 a jumping surface of strong, durable, flexible material;   a surrounding support frame around a periphery of the jumping surface;   resilient means connecting said periphery of said jumping surface to said surrounding support frame, whereby said jumping surface is tautly stretched;   trampoline legs extending downwardly from and spaced around said surrounding support frame; and   seat means including
 a seat base; 
 support means securing said seat base to be supported on said surrounding support frame and with said seat surface extending outwardly from said surrounding support frame and said jumping surface, said support means including
 a support bar extending downwardly from seat base and
 at least one hook projecting from intermediate the length of the support bar and hooked over the surrounding support frame. 
 
 
   
     
     
         13 . A trampoline comprising
 a jumping surface of strong, durable, flexible material;   a surrounding support frame around a periphery of the jumping surface;   resilient means connecting said periphery of said jumping surface to said surrounding support frame, whereby said jumping surface is tautly stretched;   trampoline legs extending downwardly from and spaced around said surrounding support frame; and   seat means including
 a seat base having a seat surface; 
   means securing said seat base to be supported on said surrounding support frame and with said seat surface extending outwardly from said surrounding support frame and above the plane of said jumping surface, said support means including a support bar extending downwardly from seat base and at least one hook projecting from intermediate the length of the support bar and hooked over the surrounding support frame.   
     
     
         14 . A seat for attachment to a trampoline comprising
 a solid seat base having a length and a width, a top surface and a bottom surface;   a support bar fixed to and projecting downwardly from said bottom surface and centrally of said length and at one side of said width whereby said seat base is cantilevered from said support bar; and   at least one hook on the support bar intermediate the length of the support bar, said hook extending from said support bar in the direction opposite to the direction the cantilevered seat base extends from the support bar and said hook being adapted to hook over the surrounding support frame of a trampoline, whereby said seat base will be positioned to be above the plane of and to extend outwardly of the surrounding support frame.   
     
     
         15 . A seat for attachment to a trampoline comprising a solid seat base having a length and a width, a top surface and a bottom surface;
 a support bar fixed to and projecting downwardly from said bottom surface and centrally of said length and at one side of said width whereby said seat base is cantilevered from said support bar; and   at least one hook on the support bar intermediate the length of the support bar, said hook extending from said support bar in the direction opposite to the direction the cantilevered seat base extends from the support bar and said hook being adapted to hook over the surrounding support frame of a trampoline whereby said seat base will be positioned to be above the plane of and to extend outwardly of the surrounding support frame; and   means at the end of said support bar opposite the seat base, to secure said support bar to a trampoline leg.