during the moulding process application_number US 48175609 A description the following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings although the description includes exemplary embodiments other embodiments are possible and changes may be made to the embodiments described without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention wherever possible the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings and the following description to refer to the same and like parts referring to the figures there is shown a fitting 10 including a nut 12 tail 14 and a sleeve 16 nut 12 includes a body 18 having internal threads 20 bore 22 at one end and a radially inturned flange 24 at the other end the internal threads 20 are adapted to engage external threads of a suitable device such as a water meter or similar device an o ring washer or gasket 26 is used within the nut 12 for sealing engagement with such device the outer surface of the nut 12 is of a non circular shape 28 to enable a tool such as a wrench to be used to tighten the nut 12 upon application the tail 14 includes a longitudinal body 30 having external threads 32 at one end thereof an outwardly extending integrally formed torque converter 34 having a polygonal outer surface 36 assisting engagement of the converter 34 with an appropriate tool such as a wrench not shown that can be used to rotate the tail 14 the tail 14 includes a stem 38 extending from the torque converter 34 longitudinally away from the external threads 32 and having an outwardly extending radial flange 40 the.