predecessor jumpsport llc founded saratoga california may 1 1998 1998 05 01 founder mark publicover valerie publicover byron lewis bertsch headquarters san jose california united states area served worldwide products trampolines revenue us 13 million 2007 number of employees 15 2007 website jumpsport.com footnotes references 1 2 jumpsport inc. is a manufacturer of recreational trampolines and accessories that are distributed worldwide . jumpsport markets and sells a patented trampoline safety net enclosure which was invented by one of the company s founders mark publicover . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in january 1997 by mark publicover his wife valerie and then board chairman byron lewis bertsch 3 4 5 6 as a california limited liability company that was subsequently merged into the jumpsport california corporation created in may 1998 . 7 8 originally they created the company to market the safety net enclosure system which publicover had patented . 9 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 . 10 in 2000 jumpsport received funding from the band of angels . 11 also in 2000 the company become one of 35 founding members of the u.s. consumer product safety commission s cpsc product safety circle . 12 13 in 2007 jumpsport s 15 employee business had 13 million in sales and represented less than 1 % of the market for safety net enclosures . 1 10 14 jumpsport expanded their line to include fitness trampolines in 2008 . 12 in 2011 they extended into the age 2 5 market with the introduction of the ibounce trampoline with integrated ipad tablet holder . 15 see also edit companies portal san francisco bay area portal gymnastics portal technology portal references edit a b mina kimes april 28 2008 . is your idea safe . fortune . retrieved may 31 2014 . publicover believes that copycats owe his business which had sales of 13 million last year 50 million . the ceo anticipates spending the next ten years cobbling together lawsuits and waiting for the courts to call up his case numbers . jumpsport inc. in saratoga ca bizapedia profile . july 22 2013 . retrieved june 1 2014 . jumpsport inc. is a california corporation filed on may 1 1998 . byron l. bertsch inventor san jose ca . patentbuddy . retrieved june 3 2014 . jun 19 1998 earliest filing ... jumpsport inc. byron bertsch jumpsport inc. joesdata.com . joe s data . retrieved june 3 2014 . byron bertsch work as an chairman of the board for jumpsport inc. byron bertsch obituary california tributes.com . tributes.com . retrieved june 3 2014 . byron was born on september 11 1948 and passed away on wednesday april 14 2010 . byron was a resident of california . the mustang world has lost a great guy . mustang owner s club . april 15 2010 . retrieved june 3 2014 . byron bertsch 11 9 48 14 4 10 ... was the driving force behind the creation of total control products . jumpsport llc in saratoga ca bizapedia profile . april 17 2014 . retrieved june 1 2014 . jumpsport llc is a california domestic limited liability company filed on january 30 1997 . jumpsport inc. saratoga ca wysk company profile . may 27 2014 . retrieved june 1 2014 . us 6053845 publicover mark w. trampoline or the like with enclosure published june 19 1998 issued april 25 2000 a b lawrence j. udell . going from idea to inc turning an invention into a business . california invention center . retrieved may 31 2014 . trampoline safety company receives startup funds press release . jumpsport . september 19 2000 . retrieved may 31 2014 . a b trampoline safety our story at jumpsport . jumpsport . retrieved may 31 2014 . the product safety circle . consumer product safety commission . 2000 . archived from the original on october 17 2000 . j. michael kennedy october 1 2002 . besides a great idea an inventor can use a patent on patience . los angeles times . retrieved may 31 2014 . five years after building his prototype that surrounds a trampoline with netting publicover finally turned a profit this year but not before going through a series of setbacks and more than 1 million much of that his own money . now he sells about 800 trampoline enclosures a day . they sell at various retailers and over the internet at about 200 apiece . the downside is that he is now embroiled in a lawsuit against companies with similar products . winner national parenting center spring 2012 seal of approval . retrieved may 31 2014 . external links edit official website official website for wurf boards retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jumpsport & oldid 733001572 categories trampoliningcompanies established in 19971997 establishments in californiasporting goods manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in san jose california navigation menu personal 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