Disposable protective covers for rough plumb piping, nipples and stub-outs

Abstract

A disposable, one-time use, protective cover for rough plumb piping and nipples and the like (commonly called and hereinafter referred to as “stub-outs”) that prevents the exposed potable and wastewater stub-outs from being covered with material used during wall, ceiling and floor installation, sealing, painting and finishing. The protective cover comes in sizes to fit over the outside diameter of commonly used interior and exterior potable plumbing pipe sizes (e.g., ½″, ⅝″, ¾″) and interior wastewater pipe sizes (e.g., 1″ and 1½″). Plumbers and other workers put the elastic snugly fitting disposable protective cover on stub-outs after they complete the rough plumbing. After walls, ceilings and floors and have been installed, sealed and painted, the worker doing the finish work removes the disposable protective cover from the stub-outs and has access to a clean stub-out. Using this invention will allow plumbers, workers and home owners that are completing construction projects that include plumbing to install finish plumbing without having to clean material off of the stub-outs, which will save time and money.

1 . A disposable one-time use protective cover for potable and wastewater stub-outs for commonly used diameter pipe. A rolled cylindrical sheath formed from elastic (stretchable) material is unrolled onto and snuggly fits over a stub-out, which can but may not be under pressure, to keep said stub-out free of debris or contaminants during a construction process. The disposable cover is closed on the forward end and is installed by unrolling cover onto the stub-out to approximately 1″ from the edge of a wall, floor or ceiling. 
     
     
         2 . A disposable protective cover for rough plumb potable and wastewater stub-outs, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the cover is has an inside diameter that is sized to the outside diameter of commonly sized potable and wastewater stub-outs. 
     
     
         3 . A disposable protective cover for rough plumb potable and wastewater stub-outs, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the material is latex or other elastic material that can stretch to fit over commonly sized potable and wastewater stub-outs, including stub-outs that have pipe nipples. 
     
     
         4 . A disposable protective cover for rough plumb potable and wastewater stub-outs, as recited in  claim 1 , can be installed (applied) and removed by hand, requiring no tools. 
     
     
         5 . A disposable protective cover for rough plumb potable and wastewater stub-outs, as recited in  claim 1 , which is color coded “blue” for cold, “red” for hot and “black” for waste and is visible when applied. 
     
     
         6 . A disposable protective cover for rough plumb potable and wastewater stub-outs, as recited in  claim 1 , which is marked in text “C” for cold, “R” for hot and “W” for waste and is visible when applied.