ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,801, issued on April 14.
"Trampoline" was invented by Andrew William Male (Staffordshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a trampoline (100) comprising a frame and a balance handle. The frame comprises a bracket (114) arranged to receive the balance handle to secure the balance handle to the frame at a first position along the balance handle. The frame further comprises a balance handle engaging member (704) shaped to engage with a correspondingly shaped part of the balance handle to secure the balance handle to the frame at a second position along the balance handle."
The patent was filed on Nov. 1...