Tool pack system with removable tool panels

A tool carrying apparatus comprising:

• a tool-carrying container having:
• a container base portion;
• a first shell portion connected to the container base portion;
• a second shell portion connected to the container base portion opposite the first shell portion;
• and
• a releasable closure portion having:
• a first closure part connecting to the first shell portion, and a second closure part connecting to the second shell portion;
• wherein the first shell portion releasably connects to the second shell portion via the first closure part interacting with the second closure part, such that the tool-carrying container is operable between a closed-container position and an open-container position;
• and
• wherein the closed-container position defines and encloses a main storage compartment;
• a plurality of tool panels having a plurality of tool receivers, each of the plurality of tool receivers capable of releasably retaining a hand tool within the main storage compartment;
• a panel-retaining structure having:
• a plurality of retaining portions, wherein a first retaining portion rotatably and releasably secured a respective one of the plurality of tool panels, and a second retaining portion is secured to an inside surface of the tool carrying container;
• and
• a tether strap having a tether body extending between a first body end portion and a second body end portion and an auxiliary tether portion extending between a first auxiliary end portion and a second auxiliary end portion, wherein the first body end portion of the tether body is secured to an inside of the container base portion, wherein the second body end portion of the tether strap is accessible to an outside of the container base portion through a tether opening in the container base portion, wherein the first auxiliary end portion is secured to the tether body proximate the second body end portion, and wherein the second auxiliary end portion and the second body end portion are configured and arranged to releasably connect.