Jun 30, 2026

US12669310 - System, apparatus, and method for holding equipment

A method for converting a wearable apparatus is disclosed. The method includes supporting a body member of the wearable apparatus from a shoulder of a user based on a shoulder connector of the wearable apparatus being directly attached to the body member and being supported at the shoulder of the user, and indirectly supporting a housing of the wearable apparatus based on removably attaching a housing cover of the housing to a housing body of the housing when the body member is received in a housing cavity of the housing body. The method also includes removing the housing from the wearable apparatus based on detaching the housing cover from the housing body, and moving the body member toward the shoulder of the user, when the shoulder connector is supported at the shoulder of the user, based on decreasing a length of the shoulder connector.

Inventors: John Paul Pauze
Filing date: 2025-09-29

The patent describes a method for converting a wearable apparatus that involves supporting a body member from a user’s shoulder and facilitating the removal of a housing cover from a housing body. This process allows for the adjustment of the body member’s position relative to the user by manipulating the length of a shoulder connector.

Claim 1

1 . A method for converting a wearable apparatus, comprising: supporting a body member of the wearable apparatus from a shoulder of a user based on a shoulder connector of the wearable apparatus being directly attached to the body member and being supported at the shoulder of the user; indirectly supporting a housing of the wearable apparatus based on removably attaching a housing cover of the housing to a housing body of the housing, by removably attaching a first release device component attached to the housing cover to a second release device component attached to the housing body, when the body member is received in a housing cavity formed by the housing body; removing the housing from the wearable apparatus by detaching the first release device component from the second release device component so that the housing cover, which substantially covers the housing cavity, opens from the housing body and the housing falls from the body member; and moving the body member toward the shoulder of the user, when the shoulder connector is supported at the shoulder of the user, based on decreasing a length of the shoulder connector. supporting a body member of the wearable apparatus from a shoulder of a user based on a shoulder connector of the wearable apparatus being directly attached to the body member and being supported at the shoulder of the user; indirectly supporting a housing of the wearable apparatus based on removably attaching a housing cover of the housing to a housing body of the housing, by removably attaching a first release device component attached to the housing cover to a second release device component attached to the housing body, when the body member is received in a housing cavity formed by the housing body; removing the housing from the wearable apparatus by detaching the first release device component from the second release device component so that the housing cover, which substantially covers the housing cavity, opens from the housing body and the housing falls from the body member; and moving the body member toward the shoulder of the user, when the shoulder connector is supported at the shoulder of the user, based on decreasing a length of the shoulder connector.

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