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Document Number
US Patent 7272962
Issued Date
September 25, 2007
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A cable lockout assembly includes a base and a cover. The cover is rotatably fixed relative to the base for rotation about a center axis between a lock position and an unlock position. A cable is wound around the center axis between the base and the cover. The cable has a first end and a second end. The first end is fixed relative to the lockout assembly, and the second end extends from the cable lockout assembly a predetermined length. In the unlock position, the second end is detachably fixable to the cable lockout assembly. In the lock position, when the second end is fixed to the cable lockout assembly, the second end is not detachable from the cable lockout assembly.
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Owner
Brady Worldwide, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
Published
September 25, 2007
Application Number
10/938,452
Filed
September 10, 2004
US Classification
70/18   70/30 70/49 70/58
Int'l Classification
E05B   73/00   (20060101)  
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USPTO Field of Search
70/30   70/49   70/18   70/19  
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