Protective cover for cable splice

Claim 1

AS AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A PROTECTIVE SPLICE COVER ADAPTED TO ENCLOSE A SPLICING REGION WHEREIN THE LEAD WIRES ASSOCIATED WITH A SERIES OF INCOMING CABLES ARE JOINED TO THE LEAD WIRES ASSOCIATED WITH A SERIES OF OUTGOING CABLES, SAID COVER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A TUBULAR JACKET HAVING AN ENTRANCE END THROUGH WHICH THE INCOMING CABLES ARE ADAPTED TO EXTEND AND AN EXIT END THROUGH WHICH THE OUTGOING CABLES ARE ADAPTED TO EXTEND, MEANS DEFINING A CLOSURE FOR SAID ENTRANCE END OF THE JACKET AND THROUGH WHICH THE INCOMING CABLES ARE ADAPTED TO SEALINGLY EXTEND, AND A REMOVABLE END CAP NORMALLY CLOSING THE EXIT END OF SAID JACKET, SAID END CAP COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE INTEGRAL BODY OF RESILIENT MATERIAL OF GENERALLY CUP-SHAPED AND INCLUDING A WEB PROVIDED WITH A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL FLANGE TELESCOPICALLY FITTING OVER THR RIM REGION OF SAID EXIT END OF THE JACKET, WITH SAID WEB EFFECTIVELY CLOSING SAID EXIT END, SAID WEB HAVING A SERIES OF CIRCULAR OPENINGS THEREIN FOR INDIVIDUAL RECEPTION THERETHROUGH OF SAID OUTGOING CABLES, EACH OF SAID OPENING HAVING A SURROUNDING OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE ADAPTED TO BE CONSTRICTED ABOUT A RESPECTIVE OUTGOING CABLE, SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE BEING ARRANGED IN CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR ROWS, THE FLANGES IN A GIVEN CIRCULAR ROW BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AXIAL EXTENT, AND THE AXIAL EXTENT OF THE FLANGES IN SUCCEDING CIRCULAR ROWS OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER OF THE WEB HAVING DECREASING AXIAL EXTENT.