JumpSport, Inc. is a manufacturer of recreational
trampoline
A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame using many coiled spring (device), springs. Not all trampolines have springs, as the Springfree Trampoline uses glass-reinforced plastic rods. ...
s and accessories that are distributed worldwide. JumpSport markets and sells a patented
trampoline safety net enclosure
A trampoline safety net enclosure is a trampoline accessory that significantly reduces the chance of fall off and frame impact injuries.
History
The first commercially successful trampoline safety net enclosures were invented and patented by Mark ...
which was invented by one of the company's founders,
Mark Publicover
Mark William Publicover (born 1958 in Los Gatos, California) is an American entrepreneur, inventor and co-founder-owner (with Valerie DePiazza Publicover) of JumpSport, Inc. in Silicon Valley. In 1996, Publicover designed the first trampoline ...
.
History
The company was founded in January 1997 by Mark Publicover, his wife, Valerie, and then board chairman Byron Lewis Bertsch
as a California
limited liability company
A limited liability company (LLC for short) is the US-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a ...
that was subsequently merged into the JumpSport California
corporation
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created in May 1998.
Originally they created the company to market the safety net enclosure system which Publicover had patented.
JumpSport initially had its trampolines manufactured by Hedstrom out of
Bedford, PA but, due to competitive pressures, they transitioned to overseas production in the 2000s. The company distributes to multiple retailers nationally.
In 2000, JumpSport received funding from the
Band of Angels
''Band of Angels'' is a 1957 psychological drama film set in the American South before and during the American Civil War, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. It starred Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo and Sidney Poitier ...
.
Also in 2000, the company become one of 35 founding members of the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) "Product Safety Circle".
In 2007, JumpSport's 15 employee business had $13 million in sales and represented less than 1% of the market for safety net enclosures.
JumpSport expanded their line to include fitness trampolines in 2008.
In 2011, they extended into the age 2–5 market with the introduction of the "iBounce" trampoline with integrated iPad/tablet holder.
See also
References
External links
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Trampolining
Companies established in 1997
1997 establishments in California
Sporting goods manufacturers of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in San Jose, California