Quick connecting mechanism for trampoline legs and safety fence posts

Abstract

A quick connecting mechanism for trampoline legs and safety fence posts includes an elastic connecting element mounted between an upper and a lower section forming the trampoline legs and/or posts. The upper and the lower section are correspondingly provided with upper and lower radial holes. The elastic connecting element is integrally formed from a metal material to include two inclined arms normally elastically extended outward at predetermined inclinations, and one of the two arms is provided with at least one retaining head diametrically slightly smaller than the upper and lower radial holes. The elastic connecting element is mounted in the lower section with the two arms elastically compressed in a diameter-reduced upper end portion of the lower section and the retaining head engaged with and partially projected from the lower radial hole into the upper radial hole to quickly connect the upper and the lower section to each other.

1 . A quick connecting mechanism for trampoline legs and safety fence posts, comprising an upper and a lower hollow sections, and an elastic connecting element mounted between said upper and said lower section; 
 said lower section including an upper end portion that has a reduced outer diameter equal to an inner diameter of a main body of said upper section, and is formed at a predetermined position with at least one lower radial hole corresponding to at least one upper radial hole formed at a predetermined position on the main body of said upper section; and    said elastic connecting element being integrally formed from a metal material to include two arms that normally elastically extend outward from a common point at predetermined inclinations, and one of said two arms being provided at a free end with at least one sideward and outward projected retaining head, which is diametrically slightly smaller than said upper and lower radial holes; and said elastic connecting element being adapted to locate in said lower section with said two inclinedly extended arms elastically compressed in said diameter-reduced upper end portion of said lower section and said at least one retaining head engaged with and partially projected from said at least one lower radial hole.    
   
   
       2 . The quick connecting mechanism for trampoline legs and safety fence posts as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said at least one retaining head and said two arms of said elastic connecting element are integrally formed from a sheet metal material, and said at least one retaining head being a hollow cylinder having an axial slit to provide said hollow cylinder with a desired tolerance for a solid insert to plug therein.