Patent ID: 8286655

Claim:
A line stop adapter for use with a tapping sleeve and a completion plug, comprising: a body including a tapping flange mounting surface and an opposing valve mounting surface, the tapping flange mounting surface adapted for mounting to a tapping sleeve flange and the valve mounting surface adapted for mounting to a temporary valve; an interior wall defining a body aperture fluidly connecting the mounting surfaces, the interior wall including a wall portion adapted to receive and selectively engage the completion plug and allow the completion plug to fluidly seal the body aperture, the wall portion defining at least one radially aligned aperture; a pin disposed in the wall portion aperture, whereby movement of the pin radially inwardly into the body aperture allows selective engagement of the pin with a circumference of the completion plug; and a plurality of engagement portions arranged around the body aperture for securing the tapping flange mounting surface to the tapping sleeve.