Patent ID: 8256184

Claim:
A protective covering installed on a pole comprising a diameter, a bottom surface and a buried portion, said protective covering comprising: a. A water impermeable polymer envelope having a width, an open mouth along a top end, a sealed bottom end, a left sealed side and a right sealed side, wherein said open mouth receives said pole bottom surface and wherein said envelope encloses said pole buried portion, and further wherein said width of the open mouth is wider than said pole diameter so that said left sealed side and said right sealed side comprise excess envelope material; b. A first length of adhesive pvc tape wrapped tightly and helically around said water impermeable polymer envelope from a bottom portion of the envelope to a top edge of the envelope so that said excess envelope material is wrapped around the buried portion; c. A length of sell-adhesive mastic which is placed above grade around said top edge of the water impermeable polymer envelope thereby creating a hermetical seal for sealing the top edge of the water impermeable polymer envelope around the pole; d. A covering placement of a second length of pvc tape which is placed over said length of self-adhesive mastic; and, e. A metallic strip which is fixed over the hermitical seal and dimensioned to overlap the top and bottom of the hermitical seal for protecting the hermitical seal against physical damage.