Patent ID: 6910227

Claim:
A shock absorber for a shoulder strap comprising: a panel-like absorbing portion having a plurality of protrusions filled with air and hermetically and separately sealed, the absorbing portion comprising a flat lower potion, an upper portion forming the protrusions and attached to the lower portion, a protection fiber attached outward to the lower portion and a protection fiber integrally attached outward to the upper portion and having a shape conforming to the shape of the protrusions such that the protrusions are restrained from deforming wherein the plurality of protrusions of the absorbing portion are formed separately by compression-molding thermal polyurethane resin and are arranged in a lattice pattern; and a reinforcement portion sewed together with the absorbing portion on one of its sides and connected to the middle of the shoulder strap and has a predetermined width with opposite end portions, wherein the reinforcement portion is made of resilient and extensible material, and is of a length larger than that of the absorbing portion so that the opposite end portions of the reinforcement portion can be extended permitting the reinforcement portion to absorb shock acting on the users shoulder.