Patent ID: 7178546

Claim:
A method of securing a valve having a body, an inflow line and an outflow line extending from said body, and a control unit configured to cover and enclose said valve utilizing a valve cover comprising: a valve cover body second section configured to engage said valve cover body first section to form a valve cover body having an upper end opposite a base and sidewalls extending therebetween, said sidewalls having a base end proximate said valve cover body base said a cap end opposite said base end, said sidewalls containing a pair of line apertures positioned to allow passage through said valve cover body; a cap configured to fit over and enclose said cap end of said sidewalls when said valve cover body first section is engaged with said valve cover body second section, said cap further configured to preclude said valve cover body halves from disengaging when said cap is in place, wherein the method comprises: (a) positioning said valve cover body first section on one side of said valve body; (b) positioning said valve cover body second section on an opposite side of said valve body; (c) engaging said valve cover body first section with said valve cover body second section to form said valve cover body around said valve body and to position one of said line apertures around said inflow line and to position another of said line apertures around said outflow line; (d) engaging said cap end of said sidewalls with said cap.