ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,310, issued on June 30.

"System, apparatus, and method for holding equipment" was invented by John Paul Pauze (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 re...