Patent ID: 6871401

Claim:
A method for installing a corporation stop having a threaded shaft, a shank, a valve handle, and a valve packing, to the threaded female receptacle of a tapping saddle comprising the steps of: positioning the shaft of the corporation stop within the receptacle of the tapping saddle; providing a body member having a top with an opening therein, an open bottom, a first side, a second side, a third side opposite the first side, a fourth side opposite the second side, a generally rectangular-shaped first notch having a side edge along its periphery, the first notch located on the first side extending from the bottom, and a generally U-shaped second notch located on the third side extending from the bottom; positioning the body member such that the shank of the corporation stop is received within the body member through the open bottom, the valve handle is received within the first notch and abuts up against the side edge of the first notch, and the valve packing is received within the second notch; providing a socket wrench having an extension; and positioning the extension such that the extension is received within the opening and the socket wrench is used to turn the body member.