Patent ID: 7862089

Claim:
A piping joint assembly package for securely and removably maintaining piping elements together, comprising: a fitting or valve body member having at least one pipe receiving end, said body member being at least partially hollow and internally threaded with threads at the pipe receiving end; a hollow end cap member having a cap portion and a substantially cylindrical body portion extending from the cap portion to a contact edge, the body portion being externally threaded with threads; and a packing arrangement secured between the body member and the end cap, the packing arrangement including in sequence from the body member to the end cap, a hollow O-ring, a hollow packing gland and a hollow fastening ring having a plurality of teeth angled inwardly from and along the circumference of the ring, and a split washer member, with the O-ring, packing gland and fastening ring having an internal diameter substantially the same as the cap member body portion internal diameter, such that the cap member body portion can exert pressure on the fastening ring, packing gland and O-ring as it threadingly engages the body member and such that one or more of the fastening ring, packing gland and O-ring can be removed when the end cap member is unscrewed from the body member.