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A SHIELD OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING A COVER PANEL OF GENERALLY QUADRILATERAL OUTLINE IN FLAT CONDITION HAVING ELONGATED FRAME MEMBERS EXTENDING ALONG AND CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO THE SIDES THEREOF, RESILIENT CONNECTORS FLEXIBLY ARTICULATING SID FRAME MEMBERS TO ONE ANOTHER AT THE CORNERS OF SAID PANEL, AND ANE ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT RIGID RIDGE MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO DIAGONALLY OPPOSED CORNERS OF THE SHIELD, SAID SHIELD BEING ERECTABLE TO A CONDITION PRESENTING GENERALLY TRIANGULAR COVER PANEL PORTIONS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID RIDGE MEMBER IN AN ANGULARLY SPREAD RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER, WITH SAID RIDGE MEMBER IN A FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, SAID RIDGE MEMBER BEING THE SOLE RIGID MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID COVER PANEL OTHER THAN SAID FRAME MEMBERS FOR MAINTAINING THE SHIELD IN SAID ERECTED CONDITION, SAID RIDGE MEMBER HAVING A PORTION FLEXIBLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID DIAGONALLY OPPOSED COVER CORNERS AND HAVING A FURTHER PORTION ADAPTED FOR A CONNECTION TO THE OTHER COVER CORNER WHICH WILL PERMIT WRAPPING OF SAID COVER PANEL ABOUT SAID FRAME MEMBERS AS AN AXIS WHEN THE SHIELD IS IN A NON-ERECTED CONDITION, SAID RESILIENT CONNECTORRS ADAPTING SAID FRAME MEMBERS TO BE COLLAPSED INTO SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER IN SAID NON-ERECTED CONDITION, WHEREBY SAID COVER PANEL MAY BE SUCCESSIVELY FOLDED ON ITSELF UPON A DIAGONAL ACROSS ONE PAIR OF SAID PANEL CORNERS, THEN MEDIALLY FOLDED FURTHER UPON ITSELF TO BRING SAID FRAME MEMBER TO SAID SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION, THEN WRAPPED ABOUT SAID FRAME MEMBERS.