Patent ID: 6991016

Claim:
A valve stem cap system, comprising: a sleeve, including: a cap receptacle; a ledge at a lower end of said cap receptacle; and an aperture formed through said ledge, in communication with said cap receptacle, and including threading configured complementarily to threading on an exterior of a valve stem, said ledge having a thickness which is less than a length of a threaded region of the valve stem; a valve stem cap configured to be disposed within said cap receptacle, having a height which is about the same as or less than a height of said cap receptacle, and substantially peripherally surroundable by said sleeve, said valve stem cap including: a lower end with a valve stem receptacle that includes threading configured complementarily to the threading on the exterior of the valve stem; and an upper end at or adjacent to which access to at least one rotation facilitation feature may be obtained; and a rotation tool including at least one key element corresponding to and configured to engage said at least one rotation facilitation feature so as to facilitate rotation of said valve stem cap.