the sillcock and the supply line for establishing fluid communication therebetween and a housing sealingly secured to the connector the housing has an internal chamber for receiving the tube of the sillcock when the sillcock is connected to the connector further the housing has an outlet disposed to be located outside the building when the guard is installed for directing leaking water from the sillcock to a point outside the building application_number US 46457395 A description turning now to the drawings and particularly fig1 a leak guard generally denoted by the numeral 10 in accordance with the present invention is illustrated interconnecting a conventional sillcock generally designated 12 and a water supply line 14 broadly speaking the preferred leak guard 10 includes a housing 16 and an axially aligned tubular connector 18 as shown in fig1 2 the conventional sillcock 12 includes an elongated tube 20 interconnected with a spigot assembly generally designated 22 at the tube 39 s outermost end by conventional means such as sweat soldering brazing welding or gluing the spigot assembly 22 includes a control knob 24 for controlling flow of water through the sillcock 12 a downwardly open hose connection 26 and an escutcheon plate 28 for enhancing the appearance of the sillcock 12 conventionally a male threaded nipple 30 is provided at the innermost end of the tube 18 for connection to the water supply line 14 the tube 18 includes an internal valve mechanism.