ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,232, issued on May 13, was assigned to Suzhou Innovative Sports Goods Co. Ltd. (China).

"System and method for attaching a rebound mat to a trampoline frame" was invented by Rongliang Zhang (KL, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for attaching a rebound mat to a peripheral frame using elastic loops. Each of the elastic loops has a first section and a second section that can be stretched in opposite directions. A loop connector is used to interconnect the two stretched loop sections. The loop connector has a first pulley wheel, a second pulley wheel, and a gap space. The first section of the elastic loop is e...