Retractable device for protecting the head of a user against bad weather

A retractable protection device for protecting a user's head against environmental elements, comprising:

• a base configured to extend between the user's shoulders and the user's nape, and to surround the user's nape, said base includes at least one support configured to rest on each shoulder of the user;
• at least one hoop;
• at least two articulations for pivoting connection of said at least one hoop with said base, each articulation being attached to one end of said at least one hoop, at least one articulation comprising a means for locking said at least one hoop in a predefined position referred to as the “deployed position”;
• and
• a sheet of fabric attached to said at least one hoop and the base to create a protection screen around the user's head in the deployed position;
• wherein said base includes at least one spreader for positioning, in the deployed position, each articulation at a predefined distance from said at least one support above the user's shoulders;
• and
• wherein said base, in a position referred to as the “folded position”, is configured to circumscribe the sheet of fabric and said at least one hoop such that the sheet of fabric and said at least one hoop are contained, between the user's nape and shoulders, entirely freeing up the user's back in the folded and in the deployed position.