Disclosed herein are portable cribs comprising a frame, fabric, and feet. The portable cribs described herein are easily collapsible, transportable, and deployable. In some embodiments, to deploy a collapsed, portable crib, fabric is coupled to the feet, the feet are coupled to the frame, and the fabric is pulled up and over the frame and secured to the frame. Portable cribs according the present disclosure may also include a mattress that may be coupled with the fabric at the bottom of a deployed crib. Also disclosed herein are portable crib systems comprising a portable crib and an accessory structure configured to be removably attached to the top of the portable crib. Accessory structures disclosed herein are collapsible and, thus, portable. Portable crib systems disclosed herein may also include accessories configured to attach to the system.

A portable bivouac sack configured to be self-deploy when released from its compact storage configuration. The bivouac sack comprises an elongated bag shell made of waterproof material with an elongated ground piece and a top panel. The sack is closed on one end, open at an opposite end, and configured to receive a sleeping bag. The top panel is shorter than the ground piece to form a transverse opening into the bag shell and a longitudinally aligned pan. Disposed over the pan is a self-deploying frame that folds into a compact circular configuration for storage and automatically unfolds and self-deploys when released to form an expanded frame. Attached to the frame is a flexible outer cover that expands with the frame to form a dome over the pan. The frame cover extends downward towards the pan and a sliding connector selective attaches the frame cover to the pan to provide egress and ingress to the protected area under the dome. An optional outer cover is provided that fits over the dome.

A mosquito control net includes an occupant chamber and a trap chamber disposed over the occupant chamber. The trap chamber has one or more openings disposed on an outer surface thereof, through which mosquitos enter the trap chamber, the openings having receptacles attached therein and extending within the trap chamber to inhibit egression of mosquitos from the trap chamber after entry. A method for preventing mosquito bites for a subject can include providing such a mosquito control net and having the subject occupy it. A kit of parts for converting a conventional mosquito control net into a trapping mosquito control net can comprise a funnel-shaped receptacle surrounded by a bag, the bag being substantially impermeable to mosquitos and the receptacle and/or the bag being attachable to a top surface of the conventional mosquito control net to form a trap compartment.

The present disclosure relates to devices of a bamboo net, and methods of manufacturing a bamboo net. In aspects, the net includes a mesh having an n-sided polygon aperture, wherein n is 5 or more. In aspects, the net includes a mesh comprises a bamboo/biopolymer composite.