Lockout device
US7870767B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/7256
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A lockout device is provided for an instrument having a body and an actuating member extending from the body for operating the instrument. The lockout device includes a bottom member, a cover member, and a flexible member. The bottom member and cover member are adapted to receive a cinching portion of the flexible member between first and second cinching features. One of the first and second cinching features includes at least one pin, and the other of the first and second cinching features includes at least one corresponding recess configured to receive the at least one pin. When the flexible member is wrapped around a portion of the body and received between the first and second cinching features and the cover member is in a closed position, the first and second cinching features prevent movement of a cinching portion of the flexible member.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.