Pipe protector

Claim 1

A pipe protector for use in keeping concrete away from an end of a pipe as concrete is located around said pipe end and for use as a form in creating a cavity extending around said pipe adjacent to said pipe end, said pipe protector comprising: an imporous top adapted to be located opposite said pipe end, a dependent, imporous, cylindrical skirt attached to said top so as To extend downwardly from said top, the interior of said skirt being completely closed off by said top, said skirt being larger in diameter than said pipe and being sufficiently long so as to be adapted to fit along said pipe adjacent to said pipe end when said top is located opposite said pipe end, said skirt having a smooth exterior and a bottom diameter which is no larger than the diameter of the upper portion of said skirt anywhere above said bottom, at least three spacing fins attached to the interior of said skirt and extending radially inwardly from said skirt, said fins also being attached to said top so as to depend from said top, said fins being spaced from one another and terminating in aligned edges located in a locus of a circle corresponding to the diameter of said pipe and being capable of engaging said pipe adjacent to said pipe end so as to space said skirt from the periphery of the pipe adjacent to said pipe end, said fins being sufficiently flexible so as to be capable of absorbing forces applied to the exterior of said skirt so as to cushion said pipe against said forces and being sufficiently rigid to position said protector on said pipe so that said skirt is concentric with said pipe, recessed handle means in said top for use in removing said pipe protector from around said pipe end after concrete has been cast around said pipe protector, said top, said skirt, said fins and said handle are integral with one another and are formed of the same material, said material is a polyolefin polymer composition.