Design of chinstrap system for high impact contact sports helmet

Helmets are a critical safety device that has been used in high-impact activities for centuries. Specifically, in the football sports industry, it was implemented in 1920. Since then, numerous modifications have been made to further improve its safety functions in preventing head and brain injuries. The main aim of the proposed work is to improve the fit and dissipate traditional discomfort caused by chinstraps in helmets used during high-impact contact sports. The design objective is to develop a self-locking system such that it counters the combined helmet dislodging impacts of multiple simultaneous collisions from varied directions, angles, and impact points. This self-locking system design is a part of the concussion mitigating helmet project undertaken at Ryerson.