Pressure relieving arch having split pipe sleeves

A protective sleeve in the form of a pressure relieving arch having a pair of split pipe sleeves for surrounding an uncut pipe or an uncut piping system for preventing breakage by relieving structural stain from loads of a wall, footing or foundation around the pipe or piping system being protected, comprising:

• a) a first protective pipe sleeve in the shape of a hollow semi-circle having a first pair of mating edges;
• b) a second protective pipe sleeve in the shape of a hollow semi-circle having a second pair of mating edges;
• c) said first pair of mating edges of said first protective pipe sleeve for mating with said second pair of mating edges of said second protective pipe sleeve for forming a hollow and cylindrically-shaped pressure relieving arch;
• d) means for preventing said first and second pairs of mating edges from moving relative to each other are positioned along the length of said pairs of mating edges at predetermined intervals;
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• e) said pressure relieving arch for surrounding an uncut individual pipe or a plurality of uncut pipes within a piping system for preventing pipe breakage by relieving and preventing structural strain from loads of walls, footings, foundations or ground around the pipe or piping system.