US 12,031,610 B2
Clamping cable lockout
Andrew Enger, Muskego, WI (US); Gene Gladkov, Muskego, WI (US); Benjamin Caccese, Oconomowoc, WI (US); and Carlos Soria, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,532.
Prior Publication US 2023/0193978 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. F16G 11/14 (2006.01); B25B 5/06 (2006.01); E05B 13/00 (2006.01); E05B 67/38 (2006.01); F16G 11/10 (2006.01); F16K 35/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16G 11/14 (2013.01) [B25B 5/068 (2013.01); E05B 13/002 (2013.01); E05B 67/383 (2013.01); F16G 11/106 (2013.01); F16K 35/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamping cable lockout device comprising:
a housing including a body;
a moveable arm that is movable relative to the body of the housing;
a pair of clamp jaws supported by the body and the movable arm, the pair of clamp jaws being positionable with respect to one another to define a distance therebetween;
a jaw release that permits a one-way ratcheting of the moveable arm relative to the body to reduce the distance between the pair of clamp jaws unless the jaw release is actuated to a release position in which the pair of clamp jaws are separable from one another;
a cable having an end secured to the body and a free end;
a cable securing mechanism supported by the body and having a lockable cover selectively permitting access thereto such that, when the cable securing mechanism receives the free end of the cable and when the cover is closed, a closed loop is formed between the end of the cable secured to the body and free end of the cable received in the cable securing mechanism, the free end being further moveable in the cable securing mechanism only in one direction to make the closed loop smaller while the cover is closed;
wherein the lockable cover has a blocking arm that, when lockable cover is in the closed position, prevents actuation of the jaw release to the release position in which the pair of clamp jaws are separable from one another.