Helmet rim lighting system for protective headgear

A helmet rim lighting system comprising:

• a helmet attach mechanism configured to attach to the rim of a helmet,
• a housing that holds electronics and when the helmet attach mechanism is attached to the rim of the helmet, is configured to produce forward light rays and is configured to produce downward light rays,
• where:
• the forward light rays originate from at least one forward-facing light source, where the at least one forward-facing light source that is fully contained inside the housing,
• the downward light rays originate from at least one downward-facing light source, where the at least one downward-facing light source that is fully contained inside the housing, and
• the helmet attachment mechanism has a thin extension configured to be sandwiched between a mounting surface of a night vision goggle mount and an outer surface of the helmet when the night vision goggle mount is bolted to the helmet using night vision goggle mount holes of the helmet.