1. Military Applications For Mosquito Netting www.MosquitoCurtains.com Atlanta, GA

2. What We Do? Family Business with $1MM in sales Custom make large mosquito netting panels with a means of attachment We are in the filter business

3. Filter Flying Insects

4. Residential Insect Filter

5. Food Service Insect Filter

6. Live Stock Insect Filter

7. Clear Vinyl Plastic Cold Filter

8. Light Filter For Snipers Bad guys can’t see in

9. Light Filter For Snipers Good guys see out perfectly

10. Light Filter For Snipers Cuts the glare into direct sun

11. Other Military Applications Underwater Torpedo Target Filter grenades from a tank hatch Sleeping bag slip cover –Filter sand flies and crawling insects –Modulate into larger slip covers –converts to sniper hide –The more uses, the more likely it is used.

12. Solving with Constraints Behavior of the user Attachment surfaces Improvisation requirements Available rigging tools Uncertainty –Shapes & Sizes –Conditions (time, weather, light)

13. Sniper Constraints Must be easily stowed Size is unknown Must rig quickly with minimal equipment readily available to a soldier in the field Must rig intuitively Must remove quickly Must be effective

14. Air Craft Door Screen Must seal to a convex shape Must be easily stowed Must install in less than 1 minute Must seal under 20mph wind flow User may not appreciate its purpose Must easily egress and reseal –Fiberglass rods –Neodymium magnets

15. Self Sealing Doorway

16. USDA / ARS Testing

17. Bed Net Constraints Used in 1 room homes Used in communal bed Stowed when not in use Used during sleeping hours User may not appreciate its purpose Create greatest impact for the money

18. Bed Net Issues Easily torn - longevity Exposure beyond sleeping hours Requires sewing labor vs. quality tradeoff At about $7 each, must be made overseas –Control –Import constraints –Logistics –Economic implications

19. Bed Net Alternative Screen doors and windows Use higher quality fabric – better longevity Protects during non-sleeping hours Easily rigged with rock, nail, and twine Less prone to damage – fixed use Once rigged, not user dependent 2-3x cost with 6-10x life span

20. We want to be in the discussions We are not always the best solution We may recommend another production source We facilitate prototypes –What do you need? –When do you need it? –If prototype isn’t too ambitious, it’s on us! www.MosquitoCurtains.com

21. Kurt Jordan (owner) Mosquito Curtains Inc. 8601 Dunwoody Place Suite 442 Atlanta, GA 30350 770-645-4745 (direct) 866-622-0916 (toll free) support@mosquitocurtains.com www.MosquitoCurtains.com