Abstract: A collapsible support fixture is disclosed for use with camouflage screens, tenting, or the like. A vertical support shaft has a batten spreader support mechanism fixed generally to the top of the shaft for pivotal movement relative thereto between a collapsed position generally alongside the shaft and a spread position generally radially of the shaft. The support mechanism includes a support member fixed generally to the top of the shaft and a plurality of batten spreader support brackets hinged to the support member angularly about the axis of the shaft. A slide collar is slidable on the shaft. Link members are pivotally connected to the slide collar and individually to the batten spreader support brackets for moving the brackets between the collapsed and spread positions in response to sliding movement of the collar on the shaft. Over-center arms are rigidly fixed to the underside of the hinged support brackets to pivotally connect the link members.

Abstract: Camouflage material is provided for concealing personnel and equipment from people or animals having geometric and/or color perception. A sheet of material has two dimensions, such as length and width, with a plurality of spaced apart rows of cuts extending across the sheet in both directions. The rows of cuts preferably are spaced apart generally equidistant and generally parallel to each other in both directions to form a generally uniform pattern of cuts. In the preferred embodiment, the cuts are generally W-shaped with two leg portions or generally truncated W-shaped with one leg portion, the leg portions extending at an angle to the direction of the respective row of which the cut is a part. The pattern is such that the cuts in each row in one direction either extend between the cuts of the rows in the opposite direction or completely interrupt the cuts of the rows in the opposite direction so that the cuts in both direction interlock.