Devices and methods for protecting exposed pipe ends during construction

A pipe protector comprising;

• a rigid body for securing to a base on which a concrete slab will be formed that has at least one pipe end to be protected;
• the body having an open bottom end, an open top end, two opposed side walls and two opposed end walls defining a recess between the bottom end and the open top end, a shield securable to the top edge of at least one of the side walls for further protecting the at least one pipe end in the recess, and a lateral tab extending from each end wall, the lateral tabs extend into a different but parallel plane with respect to each other to allow the pipe protector to be secured to another serially adjacent pipe protector;
• the body being suitable for positioning on the base so the bottom end contacts the base and the body surrounds the pipe ends, forming a barrier between an area surrounding the pipe ends and the base external to the body on which the concrete will be poured such that after the concrete slab is formed, a portion of the body extends above the concrete and the open top provides access to the pipe ends within the recess.

A pipe protector comprising;

• a rigid body for securing to a base on which a concrete slab will be formed that has at least one pipe end to be protected;
• the body having an open bottom end, an open top end, two opposed side walls and two opposed end walls defining a recess between the bottom end and the open top end, a lateral tab extending from each end wall, the lateral tabs extend into a different but parallel plane with respect to each other to allow the pipe protector to be secured to another serially adjacent pipe protector, and a plate, disposed in the recess and over the open bottom end, having an opening that corresponds dimensionally and spatially to each pipe end for fitting the pipe end therethrough;
• the body being suitable for positioning on the base so the bottom end contacts the base and the body surrounds the pipe ends, forming a barrier between an area surrounding the pipe ends and the base external to the body on which the concrete will be poured such that after the concrete slab is formed, a portion of the body extends above the concrete and the open top provides access to the pine ends within the recess.