Trampoline park frame

Abstract

A support frame for the multiple jumping surfaces making up a trampoline park utilizes multiple trampoline support grid arrays, each consisting of support cable segments supported by a rectangular array of individual support columns. Each cable segment is attached to a separate pair of support columns within the array. Cross-brace cables likewise are attached to and extend between each separate pair of support columns. The adjacent paired support columns support the individual trampoline beds, with the loading occasioned by jumping users rapidly transferred to ground—the vertical loading through the support columns and the horizontal loading through the cross-brace cabling. The support frame includes peripheral support grid arrays having an outer grid of peripheral support columns with attached kick braces extending to adjacent outer support columns, completing the peripheral horizontal load paths.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A trampoline park frame comprising:
 a plurality of support columns arranged in a rectangular grid array;   a plurality of support cabling, each of said plurality of support cabling individually attached to and extending between a separate adjacent pair of said plurality of support columns in a manner such that collectively said plurality of attached support cabling and said support columns define a plurality of trampoline support grid arrays;   a plurality of cross-brace cabling, each of said plurality of cross-brace cabling attached to and extending between a separate one of said separate adjacent pairs of said plurality of support columns;   a plurality of peripheral support columns extending in a grid array about an outer periphery of said plurality of trampoline support grid arrays, wherein a separate one of said plurality of support cabling is attached to and extends between each of said plurality of peripheral support columns and a separate adjacent one of said plurality of support columns;   a plurality of kick braces, each of said plurality of kick braces is attached to a separate one of said plurality of peripheral support columns and extends and is attached to said separate adjacent one of said plurality of support columns to which said separate one of said plurality of support cabling is attached; and   a plurality of peripheral rails, each of said plurality of peripheral rails is attached to and extends between a separate pair of said plurality of peripheral support columns.   
     
     
         2 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 1 , and further comprising a plurality of downward cable assemblies, each of said plurality of downward cable assemblies attached to and extending between each of said plurality of peripheral support columns and a separate adjacent one of said plurality of support columns. 
     
     
         3 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 2 , and further comprising a plurality of floor cable anchor plates extending in a grid array about an outer periphery of said plurality of trampoline support grid arrays, wherein a separate one of said plurality of downward cable assemblies is attached to and extends between each of said plurality of peripheral support columns and a separate adjacent one of said plurality of support columns and between each of said plurality of floor cable anchor plates and a separate adjacent one of said plurality of support columns. 
     
     
         4 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 3 , wherein said plurality of peripheral support columns and said plurality of floor cable anchor plates define alternating grid arrays about said outer periphery of said plurality of trampoline support grid arrays. 
     
     
         5 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 3 , and further comprising a plurality of trampoline beds, each of said plurality of trampoline beds received in and attached to a separate one of said plurality of trampoline support grid arrays. 
     
     
         6 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 5 , and further comprising a plurality of trampoline protective pads, each of said plurality of trampoline protective pads attached to and extending between a separate adjacent pair of said plurality of trampoline beds in a manner such that each of said plurality of trampoline protective pads substantially overlies a separate one of said plurality of support cabling. 
     
     
         7 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 6 , and further comprising a plurality of support column protective pads, each of said plurality of support column protective pads substantially overlies a separate one of said plurality of support columns and is attached to at least one of said plurality of trampoline protective pads. 
     
     
         8 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 7 , and further comprising a plurality of banked trampoline beds, each of said plurality of banked trampoline beds attached to and extending between a separate one of said plurality of peripheral rails, an adjacent pair of said plurality of support cabling attached to an adjacent pair of said plurality of peripheral support columns, and an adjacent pair of said plurality of trampoline support grid arrays. 
     
     
         9 . The trampoline park frame of  claim 8 , and further comprising a plurality of peripheral rail protective pads, each of said plurality of peripheral rail protective pads substantially overlying a separate one of said plurality of peripheral rails and attached to an adjacent one of said plurality of banked trampoline beds. 
     
     
         10 . A trampoline park comprising:
 a trampoline park frame having a plurality of trampoline support grid arrays arranged in parallel rows, each comprising:
 a plurality of support columns arranged in a grid array, 
 a plurality of support cabling, each of said plurality of support cabling individually attached to and extending between a separate adjacent pair of said plurality of support columns, and 
 a plurality of cross-brace cabling, each of said plurality of cross-brace cabling attached to and extending between a separate one of said separate adjacent pairs of said plurality of support columns; and 
   a plurality of trampoline beds, each of said plurality of trampoline beds received in and attached to a separate one of said plurality of trampoline support grid arrays.   
     
     
         11 . The trampoline park of  claim 10 , wherein said trampoline park frame has a plurality of peripheral support grid arrays extending in a grid array about a periphery of said trampoline support grid arrays, each of said peripheral support grid arrays comprising:
 an adjacent pair of peripheral support columns, a separate one of said plurality of support cabling attached to and extending between each of said adjacent pair of peripheral support columns and a separate support column of an adjacent one of said trampoline support grid arrays,   a peripheral rail attached to and extending between said adjacent pair of peripheral support columns, and   a pair of kick braces, each attached to a separate one of said adjacent pair of peripheral support columns and extending and attached to separate ones of said separate support columns of said adjacent one of said trampoline support grid arrays.   
     
     
         12 . The trampoline park of  claim 11  and further comprising a plurality of banked trampoline beds, each of said plurality of banked trampoline beds attached to and received by a separate one of said plurality of peripheral support grid arrays. 
     
     
         13 . The trampoline park of  claim 12 , and further comprising a plurality of downward cable assemblies, each attached to and extending between separate ones of said plurality of adjacent pairs of peripheral support columns and a separate one of said separate support columns of said adjacent ones of said trampoline support grid arrays. 
     
     
         14 . The trampoline park of  claim 13 , and further comprising a plurality of floor cable anchor plates extending in a grid array about an outer periphery of said plurality of trampoline support grid arrays, wherein a separate one of said plurality of downward cable assemblies is attached to and extends between each of said plurality of peripheral support columns and a separate one of said separate support columns of said adjacent ones of said trampoline support grid arrays and to each of said plurality of floor cable anchor plates and a separate one of said separate support columns of said adjacent ones of said trampoline support grid arrays. 
     
     
         15 . The trampoline park of  claim 14 , wherein the peripheral support columns and the floor anchor plates define alternating grid arrays about the outer periphery of the plurality of trampoline support grid arrays. 
     
     
         16 . The trampoline park of  claim 15  and further comprising a plurality of trampoline protective pads, each attached to and extending between a separate adjacent pair of said plurality of trampoline beds. 
     
     
         17 . The trampoline park of  claim 16  and further comprising a plurality of peripheral rail protective pads, each substantially overlying a separate peripheral rail of said plurality of peripheral support grid arrays and attached to an adjacent one of said plurality of banked trampoline beds.