Patent ID: 8490216

Claim:
A wearable strapvest, comprising: a juncture, configured to be position on a user's back, having an upper right edge, a lower right edge, an upper left edge and a lower left edge; a right shoulder strap extending upwards from the upper right edge, having a first buckle portion near its distal end; a left shoulder strap extending upwards from the upper left edge, having a second buckle portion near its distal end; a right lower strap extending downwards from the lower right edge, having a third buckle portion compatible with either the first or second buckle portion near its distal end; and a left lower strap extending downwards from the lower left edge, having a fourth buckle portion compatible with either the first or second buckle portion near its distal end; wherein the right shoulder strap is configured to run upward over a shoulder of the user then downward over a torso of the user to permit the first buckle portion to connect with the third or the fourth buckle portion, and the left shoulder strap is configured to run upward over another shoulder of the user then downward over the torso of the user to permit the second buckle portion to connect with the third or fourth buckle portion, wherein the right and left lower straps are contoured to allow the straps to conform to a body of the user when worn with the shoulder and lower straps buckled together; and wherein the right and left shoulder straps are adapted to permit receptacles to be detachably attached to portions of a surface of the straps facing outward from the body of the user on segments of the shoulder straps that are on a side and/or a front of the user when the strapvest is worn.