Abstract: A garment to provide protection and shading from the sun or other bright objects and protection from rain, snow, and other precipitation. The garment includes a shell and an opening generally defined by a periphery. The garment includes a flexible member that extends forwardly of the garment and is secured to an upper portion of the periphery. The garment also includes a mask having a flexible membrane that protects the face of the user.

Abstract: A cold weather composite camouflage hood that protects a wearer from the effects of cold weather and resembles the surrounding terrain. The hood includes a hood member that encloses the wearer's head with an opening for the wearer's face, and a face mask. The face mask is manufactured from a composite camouflage material including a sheet bonded to a substrate along attachment lines. The sheet is cut between the attachment lines to create a series of lobes that project away from the substrate to simulate the appearance of natural objects of a terrain.

Abstract: The invention provides a hat and face mask combination including a hat which is made of a stretchable knit material to conform to the head of an individual wearer and which includes a peripheral edge defining an opening for the face of the wearer. The opening is sized to expose that portion of a wearer's face which extends from above the eyebrows, over the temples, and to the cheeks. The hat also includes a lower portion that is rollable over on itself to form an ear covering of double thickness. The lower portion of the hat is fixed in its rolled over position along the periphery of the face opening and is unrollable, except along the periphery of the face opening, to extend the lower portion of the hat downwardly over a portion of the neck of the wearer. The head covering also includes a face mask that extends over the face opening and that includes a periphery sewn to the hat along the periphery of the face opening.

Abstract: A head covering comprising a hat constructed and arranged to cover the entire head of a wearer except for an opening which exposes substantially the wearer's entire face. A face covering extends across the opening and is attached to the head covering along the upper and side edges thereof, the lower edge of the face covering being disconnected from the head covering to provide a gap therebetween. The face covering is formed of a mesh-like material which permits wearer visibility and defines horizontal and vertical arcs which are longer than the corresponding arcs formed by the face opening so that the face covering is positioned in spaced relation from the wearer's face.

Abstract: A head covering comprising a hat constructed and arranged to cover the entire head of a wearer except for an opening which exposes substantially the wearer's entire face. A face covering extends across the opening and is attached to the head covering along the upper and side edges thereof, the lower edge of the face covering being disconnected from the head covering to provide a gap therebetween. The face covering is formed of a mesh-like material which permits wearer visibiity and defines horizontal and vertical arcs which are longer than the corresponding arcs formed by the face opening so that the face covering is positioned in spaced relation from the wearer's face.

Abstract: A cold weather hood which may be worn by an individual to protect them from the effects of a cold weather environment, the cold weather hood including a hood member dimensioned to enclose the head of the individual and which has an opening of predetermined dimensions to receive the face of the individual, and a face mask manufactured of double-sided, brushed Dacron.RTM. polyester fiber is secured in the opening of the hood thereby enclosing the entire head of the individual.