Convertible garment systems and related devices and methods

A convertible garment system for a user, the system comprising:

• a garment having
• a pair of breast cups,
• a pair of upper straps connected to the pair of breast cups and extendable upwardly configured for connecting behind a neck of the user in a first configuration, whereby the user's neck, at least in part, is configured to support a load of the pair breast cups,
• a pair of lower straps connected to the pair of breast cups and extendable laterally for adaptively connecting behind a back of the user;
• and
• at least one detachable-strap-interface, said detachable-strap-interface including:
• a base plate for receiving at least one of the upper straps of the pair of upper straps, the base plate having a buckle end and a pivot end,
• wherein the buckle end of the base plate comprises an upper aperture and a lower aperture, the upper aperture and the lower aperture separated by an upper arm and framed completely on each side by side arms, the upper aperture configured to receive at least one of the upper straps of the pair of upper straps and to removably connect to at least one of the upper straps of the pair of upper straps,
• wherein the pivot en of the base plate defines a bottom aperture separated from the lower aperture by a lower arm with the bottom aperture defined on one side by a pivot bar and framed on two sides by extensions of the side arms to form an enclosed perimeter around the bottom aperture,
• an ovular shaped channel-portion removably attached to the base plate by way of the pivot end of the base plate, the channel-portion configured to removably connect to at least one of the lower straps of the pair of lower straps, the channel-portion forming a channel arm having a substantially u-shaped pivot recess at one distal end configured to receive the pivot bar, and a channel shelf at the other distal end of the channel arm, the channel shelf including a curved lower end that attaches to a channel plate, and forms a shelf configured to enclose at least one of the lower straps of the pair of lower straps in an interior face of the channel portion, wherein the substantially u-shaped pivot recess and the channel shelf are spaced apart from one another on one side of the channel-portion, and
• the channel plate secured to the base plate by way of the channel portion, the channel plate variable between a first clamped position that is substantially parallel to the base plate and exerts a clamping force for securing at least one of the lower straps of the pair of lower straps, and a second retracted position that places the channel plate in a non-parallel position, extended away from the base plate, the channel plate having a height at least that of the base plate when channel plate is in the first clamped position,
• wherein the clamping force is formed between the channel plate and the channel portion, the channel plate forming a self-guiding structure that guides at least one of the lower straps of the pair of lower straps of the garment into the channel plate.