Patent ID: 8075787

Claim:
A protective sleeve configured and dimensioned to protect an intake rack bar configured to allow fluid flow therepast, the protective sleeve comprising: a leading side coupled to a first side wall and a second side wall; and a trailing side coupled to one of the first and second side walls; the leading side, trailing side, and first and second side walls defining an interior space configured to receive an intake rack bar; the protective sleeve being configured such that when it is in an installed configuration, the interior space extends in a first direction perpendicular to the direction of fluid flow and in a second direction parallel to the direction of fluid flow, with the interior space extending farther in the first direction than in the second direction; said trailing side being selectively displaceable between a first configuration, in which the sleeve is configured to receive the intake rack bar and a second configuration, in which the sleeve is configured to substantially surround a portion of the intake rack bar and allow fluid flow.