University of Akron

The Sherwin Williams Company

Bor-Kai Hsiung

Douglas J Paige

Emily Barbara Kennedy

Nathan B Swift

Daphne C Fecheyr-Lippens

An impact protection and shock absorbing device includes a support surface, and a plurality of flexible spines, configured of one or more sizes, each having a length defined from a base portion at the support surface to a distal portion thereof, and whereby each spine extends in one or more longitudinal directions outwardly from the support surface, at one or more angles less than 90 degrees. Sufficient deflecting of one or more spines by impact force causes impinging and deflecting of one or more other spines thereby dispersing and reducing impact forces.

Impact protection and shock absorbing system and method

According to some embodiments, a structural colorant is provided including a semi-continuous structure formed by multiple layers of a first polymer. In some embodiments, air gaps are interspersed between the layers of the first polymer. In some embodiments, a second polymer is interspersed between the layers of the first polymer. In some embodiments, the semi-continuous structure has a center and at least two planes of symmetry through its center.

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Akron, OH, United States of America

Bor-Kai Hsiung