Protective cover for use with drain pipes

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A protective and aesthetics-enhancing cover for disposition over the open end of a drain pipe projecting outwardly from a building structure.
In this case, the protective cover is adapted for use with a large number of drain pipes, including both condensation pipes and overflow pipes.
Moreover, the protective cover is used for disposition over the ends of drain pipes on essentially all types of buildings, including commercial, industrial and residential buildings.
The protective cover of the present invention comprises of a disk, preferably a convexo-concave disk.
The disk has an inner surface which is concave toward the wall from which the drain pipe projects, and is concave outwardly away from the wall.
Furthermore, the disk is sized to extend over the open end of this drain pipe and effectively hides the drain pipe from view.
In this way, the overall aesthetic appearance is thereby improved.
A tubular mounting flange projects from the disk on the concave surface thereof facing the drain pipe.
This mounting flange is sized to be coupled to the drain pipe in a type of telescopic arrangement to thereby retentively hold the cover over the open end of the drain pipe.
Preferably, the drain pipe projects inwardly of and is concentrically disposed within the tubular mounting flange during this telescopic arrangement.
The disk of the protective cover is provided with an opening which allows water to drain through the drain pipe and outwardly through the opening.
However, in a more preferred embodiment, a grid or mesh extends over this opening to allow water to drain through but to also preclude access by small animals, such as rodents and the like, or insects.
A circular retainer flange extends inwardly of the opening to receive the end of the drain pipe.
In this way, the end of the drain pipe actually abuts against the circular retaining flange or collar, and thereby further hides the end of the pipe from view.
In essence, the opening only has to conform to the opening of the drain pipe