Shock-absorbing assembly and body protection device including same

A shock-absorbing assembly engageable with a human body part, comprising:

• a shock-absorbing core including an inner surface configured to face at least a section of the human body part and an opposed outer surface, the shock-absorbing core comprising a plurality of spaced apart receiving openings extending therethrough and a plurality of inner ports formed in the inner surface, the inner ports being in communication with a respective one of the receiving openings;
• a plurality of spaced-apart resilient posts mounted to the shock-absorbing core, each one of said plurality of resilient posts having a body, a portion protruding from the inner surface of the shock-absorbing core towards the human body part and a body-engaging surface spaced-apart from the inner surface of the shock absorbing core, the body-engaging surfaces of said plurality of resilient posts defining together a body contact seat, the body of each one of said plurality of spaced-apart resilient posts having:
• a stem having a section extending into one of the plurality of receiving openings of the shock-absorbing core and a section extending outwardly from the shock-absorbing core, the section extending into the shock-absorbing core having a core engaging end mounted to the shock-absorbing core, the section extending outwardly from the shock absorbing core having a seat-mounting end;
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• a body contact base extending from the seat-mounting end of the stem, the body contact base defining the body-engaging surface configured to face and abut against at least a section of the human body part, the body contact bases of the plurality of spaced-apart resilient posts defining together a discontinuous surface forming the body contact seat, the plurality of spaced-apart resilient posts being arranged at a distance from each other sufficient for the body contact bases to be spaced-apart from each other;
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• a body-engaging strap coupling the body-engaging surfaces of at least some of the plurality of spaced-apart resilient posts, said at least one body-engaging strap comprising a linking portion extending between two spaced-apart resilient posts and at least two post-mounting portions securable to the body contact base of said two resilient posts.

A shock-absorbing kit designed to be secured to an inner surface of an outer shell of a body protection device for a human body part, the shock-absorbing kit comprising:

• a shock-absorbing core including an inner surface configured to face at least a portion of the human body part and an opposed outer surface engageable with the inner surface of the outer shell;
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• a body contact seat assembly comprising:
• a plurality of resilient posts designed to be mounted to the shock-absorbing core with a portion protruding from the inner surface of the shock-absorbing core and towards the portion of the human body part when mounted to the shock-absorbing core;
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• a body contact seat designed to be connected to the shock-absorbing core via the protruding portions of said plurality of resilient posts, for the body contact seat to be in spaced relationship with the inner surface of the shock-absorbing core and at least one of slidable, displaceable, shearable and twistable with respect to the inner surface of the shock absorbing core when connected thereto.