Inflatable castles (also called closed inflatable trampolines (CITs), bouncing castle, bouncy homes, bounce homes, jumping castle, bouncy castles, moon bounces, or moonwalks) are short-term inflatable structures and buildings and comparable products that are rented for functions, school and church celebrations and town fetes and used for leisure purposes, especially for children.
Inflatables are perfect for portable amusements since they are easy to transportation and shop. An inflatable shaped like an elephant A "Capture A Wave" inflatable slide Inflatables have been marketed under numerous names, such as "Bounce House", "Bouncies"," Moon Bounce", "Boingalow", "Astrojump", "Moonwalk", "Jolly Dive" and "Spacewalk". Inflatable castles have been recommended as having some therapeutic worth for children with specific sensory impairments, similar to ball pits.
He was an electrical engineer and liked physics. Scurlock was a leader of inflatable domes, inflatable camping tents, inflatable signs and his greatest accomplishment was the invention of the safety air cushion that is used by fire and rescue departments to capture individuals leaping from buildings or heights. The first area walk manufacturing business was in New Orleans in a rented warehouse that likewise sewed horse pads.
They marketed the area walks to children's occasions such as birthday parties, school fairs and company picnics. These initial inflatables did not have the enclosure of today's inflatables. Their son Frank Scurlock broadened their rental idea throughout the United States under the brand "Space Stroll" and "Inflatable Zoo". Frank also opened an all inflatable indoor play park called "Enjoyable Factory" 1986 in Metairie, Louisiana after checking out Nathan's Physical Whimsical in Englewood Colorado in 1982 & Nathan's Physical Whimsical in Houston Texas in 1984.
Scurlock's Enjoyable Factory copied a lot of the designs & play elements of (Houston's) Sharpstown Shopping mall Physical Whimsical area, although no franchisee costs or design fees were paid to Nathan Elinoff. Nathan Elinoff is accredited with starting the extremely first two indoor play parks principle in America. Mr. Scurlocks second area was opened in Memphis Tennessee called "Enjoyable Plex" in 1987.
The first inflatable was an open leading mattress without any sides, called a "Space Pillow". In 1967 a pressurized inflatable top was added, it needed two fans and got hot in the summer like a greenhouse. That variation was called "Space Stroll" and was adopted as the business name. In 1974, to solve the heat issue, a new item line called "Jupiter Jump" was developed that has pumped up columns that supported netting walls which allowed the air to travel through.
In the early 1990s, Frank created the very first commercial inflatable water slide called the "Aqua Tunnel". Space Stroll was the first company to bring an inflatable to the IAAPA convention, Showmen's Club and the American Rental Association. [] The 1975 Neiman Marcus brochure included a closed inflatable trampoline called 'The Moon Stroll'.
The other story which has actually not been blogged about is the actual production of the Moonwalk. This was created and developed by the Regehr household in the 1960's. It wanted that the Scurlock family said it existed creation back in the 1959 which can not be documented. This simply is not true.
The families fortune was stemmed from this innovation. They also were the family that designed the many themed moonwalks over the decades such as Spiderman or Waterslides. With the assistance of Randall Paul in Michigan, the idea to market these for kids celebrations brought this organization to another level. Thanks to Randall and his innovative marketing techniques to bring this into the homes at an affordable price celebrations for kids are just here not the same without a moonwalk!.