Eric T Tscharner
Plumbers at Grant St, Englewood, CO

6691479, Feb 17, 2004

Apr 24, 2002

10/128046

Eric Tscharner - Englewood CO 80110

E04H 1200

52301, 135118, 16421, 74543, 405255

A protective stake cover for covering the top of a metal stake. The stake cover is designed to prevent injury should someone fall and accidentally hit the top of the cover when working or playing near the stake. The stake cover includes an elongated split housing having a first housing half releasably attached to a second housing half. The split housing is adapted for receipt around an upper portion of a metal stake having a “T” shaped cross section. The split housing, when the first and second half are joined together, includes an exterior with a rounded top portion, a center portion and a lower portion. The lower portion has a groove therearound for receiving one end of a rope used in holding a tree, bush, plant or other item in an upright position. The inside of the first and second housing halves include an elongated channel with an “L” shaped cross section contoured for receiving one half of the upper portion of the metal stake. Along the length of the “L” channel are a plurality of rib cavities for receiving ribs.