Lever-activated shock abatement system and method

A helmet system, comprising

• a lever assembly configured to be worn upon a head portion, a neck portion, or both of a human body, wherein the lever assembly comprises:
• a lever machine comprising:
• an elongated member extending along a length between a first end and a second end and having a pivot location, wherein the first end is positioned proximal to a top portion of the helmet system and wherein the second end is positioned distal to the top portion of the helmet system;
• a fulcrum that pivotally engages the elongated member at the pivot location, wherein the fulcrum is securely positioned with respect to the helmet system, wherein the elongated member rotates about the fulcrum, to obtain a lever machine response in response to an impact force applied along a first direction to an exterior surface of the helmet system, wherein the impact force is based on a collision between the helmet system and another object;
• and
• a first end portion comprising a surface fixedly positioned at the first end of the elongated member, wherein the surface comprises a non-parallel orientation to a line joining the first and second ends, and in response to the impact force applied along the first direction, facilitates a reaction force determined in part by the first direction and in part by the non-parallel orientation of the surface;
• and
• a tension spring engaging the lever machine, wherein an elongation of the tension spring based on the lever machine response, absorbs a non-trivial portion of a kinetic energy of the collision, wherein the elongation of the spring occurs in a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein the lever machine response redirects a portion of the impact force applied to the portion of the human body along a second direction different from the first direction.

A method comprising:

• providing, a helmet system comprising a plurality of lever machines rotatable about a plurality of fulcra, wherein top portions of the plurality of lever machines are proximal to a top portion of the helmet system, wherein bottom portions of the plurality of lever machines are distal to the top portion of the helmet system, and wherein the plurality of fulcra are fixedly positioned with respect to the helmet system,
• wherein at least one lever machine of the plurality of lever machines rotates about a respective fulcrum of the plurality of fulcra according to a predetermined machine response in response to an impact force received along a first direction at an external surface of the helmet system, the impact force resulting from a collision between the external surface of the helmet system and another object,
• wherein a first deformable member of the helmet system, engaging at least one lever machine of the plurality of lever machines, experiences an expansion in response to a rotating of the at least one lever machine of the plurality of lever machines according to the predetermined machine response,
• wherein a second deformable member of the helmet system, disposed at one end of the at least one lever machine of the plurality of lever machines, experiences a compression based on a reaction to a movement of the at least one lever machine in a second direction different from the first direction,
• wherein the expansion of the first deformable member and the compression of the second deformable member occur along different directions from the first direction, and
• wherein the expansion of the first deformable member, the compression of the second deformable member, or both absorbs a non-trivial portion of a kinetic energy of the collision.