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A plastic jacket that is used for repairing underwater or on ground support piles that have corroded by the wave action at the water line, by a tidal zone or natural salty air corrosion, respectively. The jacket consists of a cylindrical wall having annular corrugations on its exterior surface. The

A plastic jacket that is used for repairing underwater or on ground support piles that have corroded by the wave action at the water line, by a tidal zone or natural salty air corrosion, respectively. The jacket consists of a cylindrical wall having annular corrugations on its exterior surface. The cylindrical wall has a longitudinal cut along its length to exhibit two opposing edges. A seal is placed between the opposing edges. Opposite from the longitudinal cut there is a V-shaped through the corrugations to the cylindrical wall to create a living hinge in the plastic material of the wall. Banding is provided to pull the opposing edges into a tight relationship and trapping the seal there between. The V-shaped cuts enable the jacket to be opened and placed around a damaged pile in spite of the corrugations which prevent such an opening. It is preferred that the material of the jacket be made of a transparent material. This way, when the any flaws, such as voids, develop within the poured concrete they can be observed through the transparent material and can be eliminated or corrected immediately.

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1. A support pile repair jacket form made of a plastic material comprising a solid wall cylinder having annular corrugations on its exterior surface, a longitudinal cut made through said solid wall and through said corrugations to thereby expose edges of said wall and said corrugations, a V-shaped c

1. A support pile repair jacket form made of a plastic material comprising a solid wall cylinder having annular corrugations on its exterior surface, a longitudinal cut made through said solid wall and through said corrugations to thereby expose edges of said wall and said corrugations, a V-shaped cut made into said corrugations opposite from said longitudinal cut to said solid wall thereby creating a live hinge in said plastic material, a longitudinal seal placed on at least one edge of said edges, means for pulling said edges together and fastening said edges into a tight relationship, wherein said plastic material is made of a transparent material to facilitate a view of an interior of said jacket. 2. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said seal is self-adhering on one side thereof. 3. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said seal has a multiple of integral protruding plugs on one of its sides, each of said plugs is form-fitting into the interior of each of said corrugations of said other edge. 4. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said seal has a multiple of protruding plugs on each of its sides, each of said plugs is form-fitting into the interior of each of said corrugations on both edges of said jacket. 5. The support pile jacket form of claim 4, wherein said seal has a lateral extension extending into the interior of said pile jacket form and wherein said lateral extension has lateral holes there through. 6. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1 including protruding form-fitting plugs in each of the interiors of said corrugations on one of said edges, said protruding plugs forming means for orienting said edges of said wall by entering each of said protruding plugs into the interior of said corrugations on the other of said edges of said wall. 7. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said seal is of a rectangular shape and has openings therein of such a size and spacing to receive said protruding plugs there through. 8. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said means for tightening consists of a band of the ratchet type surrounding said jacket. 9. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said means for tightening consists of a plastic band having a one way buckle at one end thereof and surrounding said jacket. 10. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said means for tightening consists of at least two parts of an over center buckle type, one of said parts is fastened to an outside surface of one corrugation and the other of said parts is fastened to the outside of opposing corrugations on said edges of said wall. 11. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1 including standoffs between an interior of said cylindrical wall and said pile. 12. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein at least two of said jackets forms are combined into one unit by a bell an spigot system including a seal within said system. 13. The support pile repair jacket form of claim 1, wherein said repair jacket is installed on a support pile which is located on a ground. 14. The support pile jacket form of claim 1 including V-shaped cuts made through said corrugations onto said wall in at least three locations. 15. A system for repairing an underwater pile having a corrosion area between the wave action of a body of water and a high and low tidal zone comprising a repair jacket form surrounding said pile, said repair jacket form consisting of a plastic cylindrical wall having annular corrugations on an exterior surface thereof and further having a longitudinal cut along its length to create opposing edges, a V-shaped cut placed through said annular corrugations onto said wall to thereby create a living hinge in said plastic cylindrical wall, a seal placed between said opposing edges, means for bringing said edges together into an intimate relationship with said seal trapped there between, means for closing a bottom of said jacket including a bag made of nylon material, means for fastening said bag of nylon between at least two of said corrugations and a circumference of said pile, wherein said plastic cylinder is made of a transparent material to allow a visual observation of an interior of said cylinder. 16. The system for repairing an underwater pile of claim 15 including spikes driven into said pile to support a bottom of said jacket form at a predetermined height above a mud line of said body of water. 17. The system for repairing an underwater pile of claim 15, wherein said means for fastening said nylon bag consists of bands surrounding said jacket and said pile, respectively, to trap said nylon bag there between. 18. The system for repairing an underwater pile of claim 15 including a concrete inlet port at a bottom of said jacket form. 19. The system for repairing an underwater pile of claim 15, including standoffs between an interior surface of said cylindrical wall and said pile. 20. The system for repairing an underwater pile of claim 19, wherein said standoffs are made of a non-metallic material. 21. The system for repairing an underwater pile of claim 19, wherein said standoffs consist of a plastic material. 22. A support pile repair jacket form made of a plastic material comprising a solid wall cylinder having annular corrugations on its exterior surface, a longitudinal cut made through said solid wall and said corrugations to thereby oppose edges of said wall and said corrugations, a V-shaped cut made into said corrugations opposite from said longitudinal cut to thereby creating a live hinge in said plastic material, a longitudinal seal is placed on the interior of and at each of said edges, each of said seals having serrations that fit into each other and lock said seals together, means for fastening said seals to said wall. 23. The support pile repair jacket of claim 22, wherein each of said seals has double serrations spaced from each other to thereby form sockets fitting into each other.