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A minority of pediatric trampoline injuries (28.2%) occurred from falls off of the trampoline. ... Recommendations in several recent reports regarding recreational trampoline use have included increased supervision, increased use of spotters, placing the trampoline at ground level, placing padding around the outside of the trampoline, enclosing the trampoline within a fence, and the avoidance of complex maneuvers.
Mark Publicover is a fourth-generation inventor and entrepreneur. His early business experience included founding American Builders & Craftsman Inc., a successful professional homebuilding and commercial construction firm. As an innovator, Publicover has numerous pending patents ranging from low tech consumer products to high tech distribution and E-commerce systems.
Sixty thousand kids a year are treated in hospitals for trampoline-related injuries. So Mark Publicover invented JumpSport (www.jumpsport.com), which provides 360-degree protection around standard-sized trampolines. JumpSport is now sold in thousands of outlets.
Valerie Publicover is a Co-Founder of JumpSport Inc.[dead link]
Today nearly all of the 1.2 million trampolines sold in the U.S. each year are outfitted with enclosures that prevent children from flying off like stray Ping-Pong balls. Publicover is proud of his invention, but his San Jose-based business, JumpSport, commands less than 1% of the market for enclosures - a market he says was stolen from him by competitors. Publicover is not alone. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, applications for new patents rose 5% in 2007. At the same time, more inventors are seeing their ideas ripped off. A study by IP Law360, a newswire for intellectual-property lawyers, says the number of patent-related lawsuits rose 6% last year. Publicover waged a five-year lawsuit against copycat manufacturers.
Jumpking Inc.® of Mesquite, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about 1 million trampolines and about 296,000 "FunRing" enclosures sold separately and with Jumpking trampolines. Welds on the frame of these trampolines can break during use, resulting in falls and possible injuries. Additionally, the mounting brackets of the FunRing enclosures have sharp edges, which can cause lacerations.
A third product, trampolines, has been the subject of work by CPSC's Office of Compliance and CPSC staff has worked with industry and others to strengthen the voluntary standard for these products to reduce the hazards. The injury frequency associated with trampolines increased significantly from 1997 to 2000, but the two years since have shown enough of a decline that the change from 1997 to 2002 is not significant.
Trampoline sales peaked in 2004, when 1.1 million were sold in the U.S., said Mark Publicover, the CEO of JumpSport, a California-based trampoline company and the inventor of several trampoline safety devices, including the safety net. In 2008, despite the recession, about 900,000 trampolines were sold nationwide. Publicover, a father of three who once broke his leg on a trampoline, said there are safe and unsafe ways to play on everything. It helps when parents invest in a good-quality products and keep them well-maintained. 'Trampolines get bad publicity,' Publicover said. 'People look at trampolines differently because there was such negative press years and years ago when they first came out. Swingsets cause 15 deaths a year, and kids play on trampolines far more hours than they play on swingsets.'
There has been a continued growth in sales of trampolines from 1989 to 2004, with a 15% annual growth from 2001 to 2004 and 1.2 million new trampoline sales in 2004.
A minority of pediatric trampoline injuries (28.2%) occurred from falls off of the trampoline. ... Recommendations in several recent reports regarding recreational trampoline use have included increased supervision, increased use of spotters, placing the trampoline at ground level, placing padding around the outside of the trampoline, enclosing the trampoline within a fence, and the avoidance of complex maneuvers.
Some estimates say 6 million homes have trampolines. ...trampolines remain very popular, and the industry estimates about 23 million people use them in the United States. ... The industry suggested the increase in injuries resulted after a boom in sales. Ironically, trampoline foes agree with the sales trends, ...
Mark Publicover is a fourth-generation inventor and entrepreneur. His early business experience included founding American Builders & Craftsman Inc., a successful professional homebuilding and commercial construction firm. As an innovator, Publicover has numerous pending patents ranging from low tech consumer products to high tech distribution and E-commerce systems.
There has been a continued growth in sales of trampolines from 1989 to 2004, with a 15% annual growth from 2001 to 2004 and 1.2 million new trampoline sales in 2004.
A minority of pediatric trampoline injuries (28.2%) occurred from falls off of the trampoline. ... Recommendations in several recent reports regarding recreational trampoline use have included increased supervision, increased use of spotters, placing the trampoline at ground level, placing padding around the outside of the trampoline, enclosing the trampoline within a fence, and the avoidance of complex maneuvers.
Mark W Publicover, Valerie A DePiazza, 08/04/1984, Sacramento, CA
There were just over half a million such visits in the U.S. in 2000-2005, compared to a quarter-million in 1990-1995, ... The "dramatic" increase was likely due to the increased availability of home trampolines, Linakis and his colleagues say.
A minority of pediatric trampoline injuries (28.2%) occurred from falls off of the trampoline. ... Recommendations in several recent reports regarding recreational trampoline use have included increased supervision, increased use of spotters, placing the trampoline at ground level, placing padding around the outside of the trampoline, enclosing the trampoline within a fence, and the avoidance of complex maneuvers.
A third product, trampolines, has been the subject of work by CPSC's Office of Compliance and CPSC staff has worked with industry and others to strengthen the voluntary standard for these products to reduce the hazards. The injury frequency associated with trampolines increased significantly from 1997 to 2000, but the two years since have shown enough of a decline that the change from 1997 to 2002 is not significant.
Then its inventor, a home builder and father of three, discovered it could be helpful for adults who wanted to vary their exercise programs. 'You could use it to get in shape for skiing,' says inventor Mark Publicover of Saratoga, Calif.
