Patent ID: 7581420

Claim:
A lockout device for an instrument having a body and an actuating member extending from the body for operating the instrument, the lockout device comprising: a bottom member, adapted to be positioned over the body, the bottom member including a first holding surface and an aperture for receiving the actuating member; a cover member connectable to the bottom member for pivotable movement between a closed position and an open position, the cover member including a covering portion for covering the actuating member in the closed position, and a second holding surface adapted to abut the first holding surface in the closed position; and a flexible member having a first end connected to one of the bottom member and the cover member, wherein the bottom member and cover member are adapted to receive a cinching portion of the flexible member between the first and second holding surfaces; wherein when the flexible member is wrapped around a portion of the body and received between the first and second holding surfaces and the cover member is in the closed position, the first and second holding surfaces prevent movement of the cinching portion of the flexible member in a direction substantially parallel to the first and second holding surfaces; further wherein the bottom member further comprises a lock bar including at least one locking aperture, and further wherein when the cover member is in the closed position, the insertion of a locking member through the at least one locking aperture prevents movement of the cover member from the closed position to the open position; further wherein the cover member further comprises an opening for receiving the lock bar therethrough in the closed position; and further wherein the lockout device further comprises a second lock bar connected to the bottom member, the second lock bar being movable between a locking position and an unlocking position and including at least one alignment aperture, wherein the at least one alignment aperture aligns with the at least one locking aperture of the first stated lock bar in the locking position to permit insertion of a locking member therethrough, and further wherein the locking member impedes movement of the cover member from the closed position to the open position when the locking member is in the locking position.