| 摘要 |
A METHOD OF SHIELDING A TAPPED REGION (3) FORMED IN A TRUNK (2) OF A RUBBER TREE. THE METHOD INCLUDES FORMING A RECEIVING FORMATION IN THE TRUNK (2) OF THE RUBBER TREE. THE RECEIVING FORMATION IS FORMED ABOVE THE TAPPED REGION (3). A FLEXIBLE 1 O IMPERMEABLE MEMBRANE IS WRAPPED AROUND A TRUNK (2) OF THE RUBBER TREE TO FORM A SLEEVE (8). THE MEMBRANE IS POSITIONED ABOVE THE TAPPED REGION (3) SUCH THAT AN UPPER EDGE (9) OF THE SLEEVE (8) OVERLIES THE RECEIVING FORMATION. A CANOPY (11) IS ATTACHED TO A LOWER EDGE (10) OF THE SLEEVE (8). THE CANOPY (11) IS FORMED OF AN IMPERMEABLE MATERIAL AND EXTENDS OUTWARDLY FROM THE TRUNK (2) OF THE RUBBER TREE TO SHIELD THE TAPPED REGION (3) FROM RAINWATER. THE MEMBRANE IS SECURED TO THE TRUNK (2) OF THE RUBBER TREE WITH A FASTENING ELEMENT (13). THE FASTENING ELEMENT (13) IS PLACED AROUND THE UPPER EDGE (9) OF THE SLEEVE (8) SUCH THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE FASTENING ELEMENT (13) IS RECEIVED IN THE RECEIVING FORMATION TO HOLD THE UPPER EDGE (9) OF THE SLEEVE (8) TIGHTLY AGAINST THE TRUNK (2) OF THE RUBBER TREE, THEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENTING RAINWATER FROM PASSING BETWEEN THE SLEEVE (8) AND THE TRUNK (2).
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