Portable roll-up bug netting employing integral storage envelope

Claim 1

A head screen comprising: a protective veil formed of an open-ended cylindrical like small mesh plastic screening having a mesh size which prohibits mosquitos from passing therethrough, an elastic band formed around one end of said screening, said band being positionable around the crown of a hat of a user, a tie string being mounted around the other end of said screening for snugly fastening said other end around the neck of the user, a strip of pliable material attached to said band at said one end to extend outwardly of said band and inwardly thereof over a part of said band and said screening, said material being provided with spaced fold lines extending longitudinally of its length for aiding in folding it over on itself with the veil folded and lying along one of its surfaces, whereby when said screening is folded laterally thereof to the length of said material and then longitudinally thereof to lie over at least a part of said material, said material then may be folded over said screening along said fold lines to form an overlapping covering therefor, and a fastening means secured to another side of said material for detachably interconnecting the overlapped portions of said material to form a packet for said veil.