Patent ID: 8403236

Claim:
A method of removing paint component from a tote, comprising: providing a hose; providing a tote which contains a paint component; connecting said hose to said tote; choosing a nozzle connector from a set of nozzle connectors corresponding to a number of paint component storage containers and engaging it with a tote connector, wherein each of the nozzle connectors in the set of nozzle connectors includes notches and wherein the notches are in a different position in each of the nozzle connectors in the set of nozzle connectors; inserting a nozzle filter through the nozzle connector wherein the nozzle filter and the nozzle connector are engaged together; and choosing a hose connector from a set of hose connectors corresponding to the number of paint component storage containers and engaging it with the nozzle connector, said nozzle connector having gripping members capable of being gripped to rotate the nozzle connector relative to the tote connector and facilitate the engagement and disengagement of nozzle connector threads and tote connector threads, and a hose connector seal positioned proximate an opening of the tote connector, wherein an opening of the nozzle connector is in fluid communication with the opening of the tote connector, wherein the step of choosing the hose connector includes choosing the hose connector that matches the nozzle connector, wherein each of the nozzle connectors does not match the same hose connector.