not match the overall garment or it can be made of leather rubber plastic a suitable textile metal or wood etc a basic design profile of the invention 48 is shown in fig6 a attached to the fabric 49 with a durable and suitable adhesive 50 fig6 b shows velcro u00ae 51 employed to attach the invention 52 to the fabric wherein the apparatus can be detached fig6 c shows the apparatus comprised of a base 53 that sits on the fabric 54 and can protect the shoulder 55 this version has an upper component 56 that creates the stop 57 for a strap the upper component can be attached such that a gap 58 is created between the upper and lower part to further secure the strap and load rivets 59 and a backing material 60 can be employed to attach the apparatus to the garment fabric the wearer of the present invention may utilize the apparatus with a myriad of garments which may or may not have a collar 61 as shown in fig6 d the holding portion of the apparatus can have a vertical edge 62 as shown previously or may have a coved face 63 which might sit attached with fasteners such as screws 64 represented with a dotted line to a wider profile base 65 on the.