US 11,757,232 B2
Forklift connector lockout
Andrew N. Enger, Muskego, WI (US); and Alexis D. Morales, Chino Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/605,176
Filed by Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027243
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/219271, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,540, filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0190523 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 11/28 (2006.01); H01R 13/447 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/639 (2013.01) [H01R 11/281 (2013.01); H01R 13/447 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lockout assembly configured to lockout a battery connector including a connector head connected to a wire, the lockout assembly comprising:
a connector cover part including a cupped portion providing a cavity and a guide rail extending away from the cavity, the cavity being dimensioned to receive an end of the connector head; and
a sliding part dimensioned to slidably engage the guide rail and having a hooking foot, the hooking foot configured to selectively engage the connector head opposite the cavity of the connector cover part;
wherein the guide rail has a cavity end and a stop end with the cupped portion being positioned near the cavity end and a blocking feature being positioned on the stop end including a protrusion and wherein the blocking feature prevents the sliding part from disengaging with the guide rail after the sliding part is assembled with the connector cover part by sliding the sliding part onto the guide rail fully past the blocking feature.