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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Master Lock Company Llc, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Jassen R. Miller, Racine, WI (US);
Thomas J. Walczak, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Master Lock Company LLC, Oakcreek, WI (US);
Abstract
A lockout device includes a first member having a first lockout feature and at least a first aperture, and a second member including a second lockout feature and at least a second aperture. The second member is assembled with the first member and is slideable along a range of positions between first and second limit positions of the second member with respect to the first member. The range of positions includes a first lockout position in which the first and second lockout features are positioned to interlock with a first external structure, and a release position in which the first and second lockout features are positioned to disengage from the first external structure.