Abstract: An energy absorbing apparatus for sport's equipment which comprises a helix that is capable of securing sports equipment along its length and reducing the shock and vibration transferred from the striking object to the person.

Abstract: The protective electrical switch cover is in the form of a generally flat, flexible, resilient plate of extended surface area and with memory. Preferably, the cover is of elastomeric electrically insulative plastic and/or rubber and is unitary. It includes a generally central, hollow, protruding nipple adapted to receive the arm of an electrical switch over which the cover is to be mounted, as by an adhesive layer on the rear surface of the cover. The nipple is surrounded by a number of spaced encircling folds or rings which permit the nipple to be readily flexed in a plurality of directions in order to operate the switch arm. Thus, through the nipple, the switch arm can be rotated or flipped in a desired direction and can be pushed in and pulled out, depending on the type of switch arm involved. Moreover, the encircling folds can be depressed at a desired location to operate the switch arm if it is of the rocker type.