Parts of a Trampoline – Mat, Springs, Frame and Enclosure

All 9 parts on the diagram

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Whole trampoline 6

Jumping mat The taut fabric that jumpers bounce on. It is not elastic itself.
Legs Bent tubes that hold the frame up off the ground.
Safety enclosure A net around the mat. It keeps jumpers from bouncing over the edge.
Frame pad A padded ring that covers the springs and the frame.
Enclosure poles Upright poles that hold up the net.
Ladder Steps for climbing up to the mat.

At the edge 3

Springs Coils that join the mat to the frame and give the bounce.
V-rings Metal rings sewn to the edge of the mat. Each takes one spring hook.
Frame The steel ring that the springs hook into.

How this list was compiled: Every name checked on 2026-09-30, a name kept only where two independent sources use it. (1) Wikipedia, text only: Trampoline (the fabric bounce mat or trampoline bed, which is not elastic itself; the coiled springs that join it to the steel frame; pads over the springs and frame; the retaining net round the trampoline), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trampoline. (2) Five separate makers' assembly and use manuals, read in full text on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5701067 (jumping mat with V-rings, springs, frame, legs, frame pad, safety enclosure, ladder); https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7339745 (jump mat and its V-rings, springs, frame, top rail, legs, frame pad, enclosure poles, net, ladder); https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5955874 (bed, springs, frame, legs, frame pad, enclosure, ladder); https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5788925 and https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5795531, one maker (frame, top rail, legs, safety enclosure, enclosure poles); https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5871896 (frame, legs, springs, frame pad, net). Hints and detail lines are in our own words. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-09-30 from plain geometry; no maker's product, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

A trampoline is a sheet of strong fabric stretched inside a steel frame by coiled springs. This drawing names six parts of a backyard trampoline, then three at the edge that the pad covers.

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The whole trampoline

Jumpers bounce on the jumping mat. The frame pad is the wide ring round it, and the legs hold it all off the ground. The safety enclosure is the net round the mat, held up by the enclosure poles. A ladder leads up to the mat.

Under the pad

The mat does not stretch. V-rings are sewn to its edge, and a spring hooks each V-ring to the frame. The springs give the bounce.

The bounce comes from the springs, not from the mat.

Questions and answers

What are the parts of a trampoline called?

The jumping mat, the springs, the frame and its legs, and the frame pad over the springs. Many backyard trampolines add a safety enclosure, a net held up by enclosure poles, and a ladder.

What is the jumping part of a trampoline called?

The jumping mat. It is also called the bounce mat or the trampoline bed. The fabric is not elastic; the springs around it give the bounce.

What are the rings on a trampoline mat called?

V-rings. They are metal rings sewn to the edge of the mat, and one end of a spring hooks into each.

What is the padding around a trampoline called?

The frame pad. It lies over the springs and the frame, between the mat and the net.