Shock absorbing system

A method of manufacturing a shock absorbing helmet, the method comprising:

• forming an outer shell of the helmet with multiple outer shell holes;
• forming a shock absorbing liner of the helmet with multiple liner holes;
• positioning multiple compressible balls between the outer shell and the shock absorbing liner in such a way that each of the compressible balls protrudes through one of the multiple outer shell holes and one of the multiple liner holes so that each of the compressible balls is free to rotate, relative to the outer shell and the shock absorbing liner, when the helmet is impacted by an object;
• and
• attaching the outer shell to the shock absorbing liner.

A shock absorbing helmet, comprising:

• an outer shell;
• an inner shock absorbing liner attached to the outer shell to form a cavity;
• and
• multiple compressible balls disposed in the cavity such that they are free to roll within the cavity when the helmet is impacted by an object, wherein the multiple compressible balls comprise:
• an upper layer of compressible balls that contact the outer shell;
• and
• a lower layer of compressible balls that contact the shock absorbing liner, wherein at least some of the compressible balls are free to move from the upper layer to the lower layer or from the lower layer to the upper layer upon impact of the helmet with the object.

A shock absorbing helmet, comprising:

• an outer shell;
• an inner shock absorbing liner attached to the outer shell to form a cavity;
• a middle shell disposed between the outer shell and the shock absorbing liner;
• and
• multiple compressible balls disposed in the cavity such that they are free to roll within the cavity when the helmet is impacted by an object, wherein the multiple compressible balls comprise:
• an upper layer of compressible balls disposed between the outer shell and the middle shell;
• and
• a lower layer of compressible balls disposed between the middle shell and the shock absorbing liner.

A shock absorbing helmet, comprising:

• an outer shell;
• an inner shock absorbing liner attached to the outer shell;
• and
• multiple compressible balls coupled with at least one of the outer shell or the inner shock absorbing liner in such a way that the compressible balls are free to move, relative to the outer shell and the inner shock absorbing liner, when the helmet is impacted by an object,
• wherein the compressible balls are made of a material selected from the group consisting of elastic materials, resilient materials and shape memory materials, wherein multiple holes in each of the compressible balls are covered by the material, and wherein the material covering the holes is thinner than the material forming the non-hole portion of the each of the balls.

A method of manufacturing a shock absorbing helmet, the method comprising:

• forming an outer shell of the helmet;
• attaching a shock absorbing liner to the outer shell to form a cavity;
• placing multiple compressible balls in the cavity, such that the compressible balls are free to roll within the cavity when the outer shell of the helmet is impacted by an object, wherein placing the compressible balls comprises stacking an upper layer of the compressible balls over a lower layer of the compressible balls within the cavity, and wherein the compressible balls are placed between the outer shell and the shock absorbing liner before the outer shell and the shock absorbing liner are attached to one another to form the cavity;
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• positioning a middle shell between the upper layer and the lower layer of the compressible balls.