Portable battery pack comprising a battery enclosed by a wearable and replaceable pouch or skin

A portable battery pack comprising:

• a wearable pouch and one or more batteries enclosed in the wearable pouch;
• wherein the one or more batteries include:
• a battery element;
• a battery cover including one or more channels to accommodate wires of one or more flexible omnidirectional leads, a rectangular compartment sized to receive the battery element, and a top hat style rim around an entire perimeter of the battery cover;
• a battery back plate attached to the top hat style rim of the battery cover;
• and
• the one or more flexible omnidirectional leads including a connection portion and a wiring portion, wherein a flexible spring is provided around the wiring portion, wherein the wiring portion and the flexible spring are held securely in the one or more channels in the battery cover via a clamping mechanism such that a portion of the flexible spring is positioned inside the battery cover and a portion of the flexible spring is positioned outside the battery cover;
• wherein the wearable pouch includes:
• a closeable opening through which the one or more batteries are operable to be removed from the wearable pouch;
• one or more openings through which the one or more flexible omnidirectional leads from the one or more batteries can be accessed;
• and
• a pouch attachment ladder system (PALS) operable to attach the wearable pouch to a load-bearing platform.