Abstract: The invention relates to a beekeeper's suit which is used for protection against bee stings and insect bites. The beekeeper's suit provides for the use of a multi-layered material from which substantially the entire suit is uniformly constructed. The material includes an outside net layer, an inside net layer and an intermediate porous cellular plastic layer. The inside and outside layers provide structural integrity to the suit, while the intermediate layer provides protection against the bee stings through its thickness of approximately 0.4-0.6 centimeters. The intermediate layer provides about 90-95% of void space with a high degree of permeability to permit ventilation an cooling of the users skin during activity.

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 light weight fabric designed to protect the wearer from mosquitos, biting flies, and other various insects by using a fine mesh with the open areas of the mesh sufficiently small so as to not allow the body of a mosquito or other insect to come within a distance which would permit their stingers, beaks, or mouths to contact wearer's skin. The mesh is elevated above the skin by use of a compressible resilient reticulated polyurethane foam stitched along the inner side of the mesh in separate parallel rows causing the mesh to arch out away from wearer's skin if the strips are moved in close proximity to each other.

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: An insect-proof garment formed from NO-SEE-UM.TM. netting and including a jacket with a hood enclosing the head of the wearer, a pair of pants and leggings for enclosing feet of the wearer.

Abstract: An insect proof garment for protection against mosquitoes, black flies and other insects is disclosed. The garment is made entirely from a lightweight semi-rigid insect excluding mesh and is comprised of a one-piece fully encloseable head net attached to an upper body portion, with the upper body portion extending from the neck to proximate the hips of the wearer and has sleeves connected thereto. There is a separate lower portion extending from the wearer's waist and having leg members connected thereto. The one-piece fully encloseable head net is preferrably stitched to an upper body portion from about a right side shoulder seam to about a left side shoulder seam thereby forming a rear portion of a neckline. A means for opening and closing of the heat net (preferrably a zipper) is appropriately attached to a front portion of the neckline.

Abstract: An article of clothing is disclosed that is designed to protect a user from ticks, other arachnids and crawling insects. The article of clothing can be in the form of a chap that encircles the leg of the user. Ties near the top of the chap support the chap on the user's belt. The chap material is sewn to create a circumferential flap, preferably near the top of the chap. An impervious strip encircles the chap just below the flap. A narrower absorbent strip is sewn onto the impervious strip. Tick repellent may be applied to the absorption strip, and the impervious strip prevents the repellent from soaking through to the chap material and the user's clothing. The flap tends to hang downward to shield the absorbent strip. A hem at the bottom draws the chap material around the leg of the user.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for providing insect repellent characteristics to a wide variety of wearing apparel. Elongated flexible insect repellent strips are secured to or retained in cavities in various articles of apparel to repel insects from the person wearing such apparel. The systems and techniques are applicable to all types of wearing apparel such as stockings, shoes, trousers, hats, shirts, etc.

Abstract: A coverall for a beekeeper, having a main body portion for covering the extremities, including a hood portion, which would comprise multi-layered fabric, including an inside layer which would make contact with the inner clothing or skin of the wearer constructed of a mostly woven net in the neighborhood of 0.4 centimeters per opening, an outside net fabric layer also having openings in the neighborhood of 0.4 centimeters in diameter, with a layer of polyurethane open cells foam having foam elements of approximate 10 pores per linear inch, (100 pores per square inch), of sufficient thickness approximately 0.4-0.6 centimeters so that a bee stinger could not penetrate through the central polyurethane foam core, yet the inside and outside woven net layers would provide structural integrity to the suit, yet allow ventilation between the skin of the wearer and the outside air. The suit is constructed from such uniform flexible multi-layered material in its entirety except for a wire mesh of the face portion.

Abstract: An insect proof garment for protection against mosquitoes, black flies and other insects is disclosed. The garment is made entirely from a lightweight semi-rigid insect excluding mesh and is comprised of a head net attached to an upper body portion, with the upper body portion extending from the neck to proximate the hips of the wearer and has sleeves connected thereto. There is a separate lower portion extending from the wearer's waist and having leg members connected thereto.

Abstract: A hood-type garment for enclosing the head and face for protecting hair and makeup during dressing. The garment is a mesh-type fabric and has a zipper, Velcro.RTM. or tape closure to facilitate egress and ingress. An elastic band is attached to the base of the hood, the band encircling the neck of the wearer to secure the hood about the head and face of the wearer.

Abstract: A costume includes a pair of arm pieces, a pair of leg pieces, and an optical hood, each of which is made from a compressible tubular conduit including a helically wound coil of resiliently flexible wire material and a covering material for encasing the wire material. The arm pieces are connected together by an adjustable strap which extends over the wearer's back. The leg pieces include hooks for securing over the wearer's pants. Both the arm and leg pieces include end caps with small diameter openings for closely encircling the wearer's wrists and shins, respectively, thus preventing the coil of flexible wire material in each piece from extending beyond the length of the wearer's arms of legs.

Abstract: A protective garment for protection against mosquitoes and other insects is provided. The garment comprises a plurality of fabric components with stitching forming seams securing the components together. The fabric components are multilayered and comprise inner and outer layers of fabric which are connected at the seams. The outer layer of fabric is constructed so as to prevent passage of mosquitoes and other insects therethrough. The inner layer of fabric is a coarse mesh fabric with relatively large openings therein and is many times thicker than the thickness of the outer layer of fabric so as to serve as a spacer layer to space the skin of the wearer of the garment at such a distance from the outer surface of the garment that mosquitoes, even in the event of sticking their heads between yarns forming the outer fabric layer, cannot span the distance to the skin of the wearer so as to bite the wearer.

Abstract: A protective device can be applied movably to the lower part of helmet (A); it is provided with a folding envelope (B) fitted preferably to the rear part of the helmet and apt to contain a flexible protective screen (C) which, when extracted from the envelope can be fitted in the helmet's lower part to provide protection against weather conditions.Protective screen (C), in its position of use, is retained on helmet (A) by means of movable securing elements (24) between the lower edge of helmet (A) and the top edge of protective screen (C) so that when the screen is not in use it may be removed from the front part of the helmet, folded and contained in envelope (B).

Abstract: A garment to protect the user against insect bites, including an insect-impervious yoke extending from the neckhole across the shoulders and down into the chest and back area, having piping sewn to the bottom edges of the yoke to hold away from the body of the user the semi-rigid mesh material that is draped from the yoke in gathers, and with every opening of the garment other than the neckhole including a closure and gathers whereby the semi-rigid mesh material is held away from the body in the form of an undulating surface.

Abstract: A method for repelling predatory animals by the use of aposematic patterns and colorations is disclosed. A man (10) if isolated, alone, or injured in marine or ocean waters (24) is substantially at the mercy of numerous predatory organisms that live and thrive in the marine environment (24) such as for example a shark (26). There are however organisms or animals such as deadly Pelamis platurus sea snakes (28) which possess oposematic colorations such as bright yellow backgrounds (30) with black irregular spots (32). It has been found that sharks (26) typically have an innate avoidance response to these sea snakes. According to the method of this invention, therefore, the man or diver (10) protects himself from the predatory animal (26) by wearing a wetsuit (12) which mimics the sea snake (28) or some other aposematically colored organism. Thus, according to one embodiment the wetsuit (12) will be made of a bright yellow color background (34) having a multiplicity of black irregular spots (36), (38), and (40).

Abstract: An insect proof coverall garment is disclosed. The garment of the present invention is made from a lightweight insect excluding material covering the user's body and limbs with a releasable fastener extending from the user's hips to the neck to aid in putting the garment on and removing the garment. The garment includes a hood attached at the neck to cover the head of the user with an open face portion. The perimeter of the face opening is lined with a velcro material so that an insect or other small animal excluding mesh may be releasably attached thereto to protect the head and face of the user from insects or other small animals. The face mesh is readily removable for access to the user's mouth. Openings are formed at the shoulders, elbows and knees, and these openings are covered with an insect excluding mesh to provide ventilation along with maximum flexibility and comfort. In another embodiment, the garment is formed entirely of insect excluding mesh and covers the body, head and limbs of the wearer.

Abstract: A protection veil to protect the head and the neck down to the bust of a user such as an apiarist, against stinging on those parts of the body. This veil is characterized by a lower portion that covers the bust, by a construction with flexible and non-metallic woven fabric that easily fits the outline of the bust and of the hat on which it is carried, and that allows its compact folding. This veil also includes a window of transparent plastic that is removably secured by a self-adhesive such as VELCRO, and also elastic bands that hold the veil around the bust, including the shoulders and around the hat.

Abstract: An insect proof coverall garment is disclosed. The garment of the present invention is made from a light-weight insect excluding material covering the user's body and limbs with a releasable fastener extending from the user's hips to the neck to aid in putting the garment on and removing the garment. The garment includes a hood attached at the neck to cover the head of the user with an open face portion. The perimeter of the face opening is lined with a VELCRO material so that an insect or other small animal excluding mesh may be releasably attached thereto to protect the head and face of the user from insects or other small animals. The face mesh is readily removable for access to the user's mouth. Openings are formed at the shoulders, elbows and knees, and these openings are covered with an insect excluding mesh to provide ventilation along with maximum flexibility and comfort.

Abstract: A portable roll-up bug netting for fitting over and tightly embracing hat crowns of different diameters and around the collar or neck of the user and embodying an integral predetermined positioned storage envelope into which the rolled-up bug netting is inserted for storage.