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bouncy floor

 hide a trampoline right under
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Recently I was discussing wooden flooring with a coworker. We discussed some possibilities for the base layer.

For example you could put some springy matter under some of the tiles, creating a miniature trampoline in selected areas. When kids start running and jumping around the house (the floor) - wow! they are going to love it!! They can practice long jumps, triple jumps, back n forth jumps, and so on. You could even set a course - depending on the floor area of course. Or, you could interval/space them to practice some kind of escaping from a crocodile-infested island (Indiana Jones? 007? Simba?)

There are other possibilities too.

Well positioned springy backing at the head and bottom of staircase for the one in the hurry. Or, just a mild bounce under alternating stairs.

Plus, the surprise value.

I could not come up with the right kind of material. If powered, you can also set one up under the hoop, with a remote control.

—d, Sep 27 2006

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       Someone already proposed a trampoline type system for the stairs but not, I believe, the whole floor. You have high ceilings?
—DrCurry, Sep 27 2006
   

       Buy a new dance floor for your ballroom. Modern ones have elastic cushions under the wood.
—baconbrain, Sep 27 2006
   

       Ceiling! we'll need to pad the ceiling.
—d, Sep 27 2006
   

       Go all out and use a 'pro' wrestling ring floor.
—Shz, Sep 28 2006
   

       if you did the whole floor, there is nothing left to "discover".   

       Besides, the purpose is not to dampen but provide a bounce. Maybe it's one and same thing engineering-wise, but the function is so opposite.
—d, Sep 28 2006
   

       It was a joke suggestion. There's a whole lotta stuff under the ring. You couldn't use it in your house without taking up the room beneath it. Gymnastics floor matting might work, though.
—Shz, Sep 28 2006
   


 

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