Patent ID: 7393157

Claim:
A timber pile protection assembly for protecting a timber pile from water, said protection assembly comprising: a sleeve having an open first end, an open second end and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second ends, said sleeve being positioned on the timber pile, said first end being positioned nearer to a bottom end than a top end of said timber pile, said sleeve being positionable in an unrolled position extending upwardly from said first end or in a rolled position rolled downwardly to said first end, said sleeve being comprised of a water impermeable material; and at least one tether having an attached end and a free end, said attached end being attached to said sleeve adjacent to said second end of said sleeve, said at least one tether having a length greater than said sleeve, said free end extending outwardly from said sleeve when said sleeve is in said rolled position, said at least one tether being graspable to be pulled upwardly and unroll said sleeve to said unrolled position.