Patent ID: 6968965

Claim:
A method for preliminarily connecting and thereafter tightening a top onto a container comprising: placing a distal end of a top near a distal end of a container, pressing one or more radially extending members on the top past one or more radially extending members on the container, thereby preliminarily connecting the top to the container sufficiently to align the top with the container and to reduce the chance that the top and the container will become inadvertently separated, thereafter tightening the top down onto the container wherein said one or more radially extending members on the top are formed or affixed proximate the distal end of the top between the distal end of the top and threads formed on the top, and wherein said one or more radially extending members on the container are formed or affixed proximate the distal end of the container between the distal end of the container and threads formed on the container.