System, apparatus, and method for holding equipment

A wearable apparatus, comprising:

• a body member;
• a shoulder connector directly attached to the body member, the shoulder connector configured to be supported at a shoulder of a user;
• and
• a housing including a housing body, which forms a housing cavity, and a housing cover, the housing indirectly supported by the body member with the housing cover removably attached to the housing body, with the body member received in the housing cavity, the housing being configured to be removed from the wearable apparatus based on detaching the housing cover from the housing body so that the housing cover opens from the housing body and the housing falls from the body member;
• wherein the shoulder connector includes a quick adjustment device configured to decrease a length of the shoulder connector and move the body member toward the shoulder of the user when the shoulder connector is supported at the shoulder of the user;
• and
• wherein the shoulder connector and the body member are only attached to the housing by the shoulder connector passing through a housing gap formed between the housing cover and the housing body.

A wearable apparatus, comprising:

• a body member including a ballistic shield;
• a shoulder connector directly attached to the body member, the shoulder connector configured to be supported at a shoulder of a user;
• and
• a housing including a housing body, which forms a housing cavity, and a housing cover, the housing indirectly supported by the body member with the housing cover removably attached to the housing body, with the body member received in the housing cavity, the housing being configured to be removed from the wearable apparatus based on detaching the housing cover from the housing body so that the housing cover opens from the housing body and the housing falls from the body member;
• wherein the shoulder connector includes a quick adjustment device configured to decrease a length of the shoulder connector and move the body member toward the shoulder of the user when the shoulder connector is supported at the shoulder of the user;
• wherein the shoulder connector and the body member are only attached to the housing by the shoulder connector passing through a housing gap formed between the housing cover and the housing body;
• and
• wherein a direct attachment portion directly attaching the shoulder connector to the body member is configured to pass through the housing gap formed between the housing cover and the housing body without the direct attachment portion attaching to the housing when the body member is received in the housing cavity.