Patent ID: 7607276

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: (a) a substantially tall hollow metal pole of one or more truncated conical sections thirty or more feet in total length, the pole having a wall with a thickness and an exterior surface; (b) a covering layer of plastic sheet material having inner and outer sides, the inner side mounted in conforming relationship directly to the exterior surface of at least a substantial portion of the total length of the pole; and (c) the sheet material being a fraction of an inch thick; (d) the sheet material having resistance to: (i) water absorption; (ii) substantial dimensional variation; (iii) tearing; (e) the sheet material being trapezoidal in a flat orientation, including rolled edges along opposite converging side edges, and having predesigned dimensions correlated with the pole such that opposite side edges are adjacent but not overlapping when the sheet material is placed around the pole, and the sheet material assumes a truncated conical shape directly covering the pole when the sheet material is wrapped around a portion of the pole; (f) further comprising a fastener to secure the sheet in a wrapped position around a pole wherein the fastener comprises an elongated clip having a base with inwardly angled walls at opposite side edges of the base, in a normal position the inwardly angled walls defining an opening therebetween.