Bounce House Participant Waiver and Release

1. Operator, event, and participants

Operator: [Operator / business name] ("Operator"). Contact: [phone · email].

Event date: [date]. Location: [full address]. Unit(s): [unit names].

Signer full name: [name]. Phone: [phone]. Email: [email].

Participants covered by this form: [list every participant, or "all guests at the event above"].

2. What the activity involves

The activity is the use of inflatable amusement equipment: bouncing, climbing, sliding, and similar play on an air-supported structure, outdoors or indoors, on a surface prepared by Operator.

The equipment is operated by air pressure from a continuously running blower. If the blower stops or power is lost, the unit begins to deflate.

Operator sets up the equipment and provides written safety rules. Supervision during the rental period is provided by [the Customer / an attendant supplied by Operator; state which].

3. Assumption of risk

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HAVE YOUR ATTORNEY REVIEW THIS SECTION. It is the clause a court looks at first, and how much weight it carries varies by state.

The undersigned understands that use of inflatable amusement equipment involves inherent risks that cannot be designed, supervised, or warned away. Those risks include slips and falls; collisions with other participants, with the walls or netting, or with the ground; sprains, fractures, dental and head injuries; injury caused by other participants; injury from wind, weather, or a loss of air pressure; and, in rare cases, catastrophic injury or death.

The undersigned understands that these risks exist even when the equipment is correctly anchored, correctly supervised, and used according to the rules, and that following every rule reduces risk without removing it.

The undersigned has read the safety rules in Section 5, has had the opportunity to ask Operator about anything unclear, and chooses to participate, or to permit the named participants to participate, with knowledge of those risks.

4. Release of liability

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HAVE YOUR ATTORNEY REVIEW THIS SECTION AND WRITE THE OPERATIVE LANGUAGE. A release is one of the few clauses whose enforceability turns almost entirely on state law and on exactly how it is worded, and a release copied from the internet is the kind a court is most willing to set aside.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the undersigned releases Operator, and its owners, employees, and contractors, from liability for injury or property damage arising out of participation in the activity described above, except to the extent caused by Operator’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

This release does not limit any right the undersigned has that cannot be waived under applicable law.

[Insert your attorney-reviewed release and indemnification language here, including any conspicuous-type or acknowledgment formatting your attorney requires.]

5. Safety rules the signer has read and agrees to enforce

A responsible, sober adult supervises the unit at all times it is in use.

Rider count and combined weight stay within the unit’s manufacturer rating of [riders] riders and [weight] per the manufacturer’s label.

Riders are sorted by size; small children do not bounce with much larger ones.

No shoes, glasses, jewelry, sharp objects, food, drink, gum, or silly string inside the unit.

No flips, roughhousing, wrestling, climbing on the walls or netting, or piling on.

No use in rain, lightning, or wind above the manufacturer’s stated limit for the unit.

Everyone exits immediately if the blower stops, power is lost, or the unit begins to deflate.

The signer will stop use and contact Operator at [phone] if anything about the unit, the anchoring, or the site looks wrong.

6. Participants under 18

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HAVE YOUR ATTORNEY REVIEW THIS SECTION. Whether a parent or guardian can release a child’s OWN future claim is decided state by state, and in a number of states that release will not be enforced no matter how it is written. This is the clause most likely to be struck.

The undersigned signs as parent or legal guardian of the following participants under 18: [names and ages].

The undersigned confirms they have legal authority to sign on behalf of each named participant, has explained the rules in Section 5 to them, and will supervise or arrange supervision of their participation.

[Insert your attorney-reviewed parent/guardian acknowledgment and indemnification language here.]

7. Health, emergency contact, and medical consent

The undersigned confirms that each participant is, to the best of their knowledge, physically able to take part, and that any condition Operator should know about is listed here: [conditions, or "none"].

Emergency contact: [name] · [phone] · [relationship to participant].

In an emergency, and where the undersigned cannot be reached, the undersigned authorizes Operator to call emergency services and to permit treatment reasonably necessary for the participant’s wellbeing. Operator is not responsible for the cost of that treatment.

8. Photos and video (optional; delete if you do not use it)

Operator sometimes photographs a completed setup for its own records and marketing.

Initial ONE: ____ I agree that photos or video taken at this event may be used by Operator. ____ I do not agree.

Declining does not affect the rental in any way.

9. Whole agreement, severability, and signature

This waiver is part of, and is read together with, the rental agreement signed for this event. If any part of this waiver is held unenforceable, the rest stays in force.

By signing, the undersigned confirms they have READ this document, have had the chance to ask questions, understand it is a release of legal rights to the extent the law allows, and are signing it freely.

Signer name (print): ______________________

Signer signature: ______________________ Date: __________

Operator or attendant witness: ______________________ Date: __________