Under trampoline safety fence

Abstract

An under trampoline safety fence for providing a barrier that blocks access to the area under the trampoline bed. The under trampoline safety fence comprises a mesh fence body having a top border edge, a bottom border edge, and two side edges, as well as a plurality of fasteners to attach the mesh fence body to the legs of a trampoline. The mesh fence body is an elongated member sized to be able to span around the entire circumference of a conventional trampoline. When in place around a trampoline, the side edges are placed in contact with one another and the fasteners are wrapped around the legs of the trampoline. By placing the side edges in contact with one another, they are fastened together enabling the mesh fence body to form a contiguous barrier. This barrier is held in place by the fasteners attachment to the trampoline legs.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An under trampoline safety fence for attaching to a trampoline, comprising:
 a mesh fence body having a top end, bottom end and two opposing side ends, wherein the mesh fence body is sized to be placed around the circumferential edge of a trampoline and to span substantially from the bottom of the trampoline bed to the ground surface on which the trampoline is disposed; and   at least one fastener adapted to attach the mesh fence body to the legs of a trampoline around which the mesh fence body is disposed.   
     
     
         2 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 1 , additionally comprising a top border edge integral with the top end of the mesh fence body. 
     
     
         3 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 1 , additionally comprising a bottom border edge integral with the bottom end of the mesh fence body. 
     
     
         4 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 1 , additionally comprising two side edges, wherein each side edge is integral with one of the opposing side ends of the mesh fence body. 
     
     
         5 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 4 , wherein said side edges are adapted to be removably attached together. 
     
     
         6 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of fasteners are attached to said mesh fence body, arranged in at least one vertically aligned pairs on the mesh fence body on the same horizontal plane, enabling each pair of fasteners to attach to the same trampoline leg in different locations. 
     
     
         7 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 6 , wherein each pair of fasteners includes one fastener affixed to the top border edge and one fastener affixed to the bottom border edge. 
     
     
         8 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 7 , wherein said fasteners are permanently affixed to the mesh fence body. 
     
     
         9 . The under trampoline safety fence of  claim 1 , wherein each fastener is defined by an elongated flexible strip having both a fabric hook fastening surface at one end and a loop fastening surface at the other end. 
     
     
         10 . An under trampoline safety fence for attaching to a trampoline, comprising:
 a means for blocking around the circumferential edge of a trampoline from the bottom of the trampoline bed to the ground surface on which the trampoline is disposed; and   a means for removably attaching the means for blocking to the legs of a trampoline.