Combined cable splice rack and protector therefor

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CABLE SPLICE RACK HAVING A GENERALLY CIRCULAR BASE ENCIRCLING ITS LOWER END, THAT IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A MOISTUREPROOF PROTECTOR ADAPTED TO BE ASSEMBLED ABOUT AND TO BE REMOVED FROM SAID CABLE SPLICE RACK FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, SAID PROTECTOR BEING FORMED ENTIRELY IN ONE UNITARY PIECE FROM THIN FLEXIBLE SHEET PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING EXCELLENT DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES, SAID PROTECTOR HAVING A NORMALLY FLAT BAG-LINE MAIN BODY EQUIPPED WITH A READILY SEPARABLE AND RECLOSABLE PLASTIC SEAM EXTENDING FROM END-TO-END THEREOF, ONE END OF SAID MAIN BODY BEING HEATSEALED CLOSED IN A FLUID-TIGHT MANNER BY A PREMANENT SEAM EXTENDING ACROSS THE ADJACENT CLOSED END OF SAID PLASTIC SEAM THEREBY PREVENTING FULL OPENING OF SAID SEAM, AND THE OPPOSITE LOWER OPEN END OF SAID PROTECTOR HAVING AT LEAST ONE PERMANENTLY CLOSED SEAM EXTENDING ACROSS THE FLATTENED RIM EDGES OF SAID OPEN END AT AN ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID PROTECTOR TO RESTRICT THE GIRTH OF SAID OPEN END TO A VALUE SUSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE GIRTH OF SAID SPLICE RACK BASE RING WHEREBY SAID PROTECTOR CAN BE ASSEMBLED ABOUT SAID SPLICE RACK WHILE SAID SEAM IS OPEN BY WRAPPING THE OPEN SIDES THEREOF ABOUT SAID RACK FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF AND THEN CLOSING SAID SEAM TO LOCK SAID PROTECTOR IN PLACE.