Rebound Tapered Frame Pads

Last Updated: April 2026

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Rebound Products strives to make top quality frame pads. They are thicker than standard, and tapered. Safety is important. Our tapered pads are thin on the bed side, where they should move with the springs on impact. They have a maximum thickness where most needed, over the metal frame.

The History….
Rebound Products has been pioneering the use of both thicker and tapered frame pads for years. We have been instrumental in improving international standards. Before we intervened the minimum required thickness of a frame pad was ZERO! Common pads had a 1 cm thickness over the hinges and otherwise were about 2.5cm. Now the minimum thickness at the frame is 5cm (2″).  Nevertheless, 3cm and 5cm un-tapered pads are still commonly sold. So far, other manufacturers have not tapered their frame pads.

Our frame pads are securely attached to the frame with Velcro. Rebound introduced this method.

The logic behind tapered pads…
Step edges are hazardous. Imagine landing on your back at the end of a trampoline without end decks. You arrive with your waist on the bed, your upper body over the frame pads, and your head over empty space. Not a pretty picture. This is why end decks were invented and are now required at competitions.

Now consider the frame pads at the sides of a trampoline. Let us look at possible maximum depressions. At the middle of the bed it could go down close to the floor, or 45″. At the edges of the bed it can go down over 30″. With a thick frame pad over the springs maximum depression could be under 20cm. Then as you go along the frame pad outward, depression will be reduced to only about 1″ right over the frame.

In a perfect world the depression would go down uniformly from the centre of the bed to above the frame. The closer to that, the better.

There are 3 areas of major concern. First at the bed to frame pad interface. The more the frame pad can move down, the smaller the step edge. This is the main reason for having thin frame padding at the bed edge. In addition, if an athlete impacts the inside edge of a frame pad sideways, a thin pad will allow more movement before the athlete is stopped. Hence the common 5cm thickness here is not ideal.

The second area of concern is what happens to an athlete’s ankle if their foot lands just inside the frame? If the frame pad is thin at this point, that area is quite soft, yet inches away over the frame is a hard place. This results in a steep angle inwards and the risk of ankle injury. If the padding is thicker over this area, that risk is reduced. The third area of concern is landing right over the frame where impact absorption distance is dependent on the thickness and composition of the frame pads. So above and near the frame you want a thick frame pad.

Conclusion; Tapered frame pads are safer.

The Future..
Now that frame pads are allowed to be up to 10 cm thick at the frame, the use of different foam layers could enhance energy absorption over the frame. Our tests have confirmed this. Current international rules require the use of a single layer of foam.

The thickness of our side pads over the metal frame is usually 3”. (4” for ST) The bed side thickness and the end pad thickness is 1.25”.

We also can custom make Frame pads to any size.

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