Patent ID: 6920894

Claim:
A valve security device for releasably securing the actuator on a fluid flow valve to provide a releasable securement of the valve in an inoperable position, said device comprising: an inner body portion adapted to be disposed about the actuator on the valve and defining a first contact surface for engagement with the actuator; an outer body portion disposed about and rotatably mounted on said inner body portion; a valve cap defining a secondary actuator thereon and being removably secured to said outer body portion for rotation therewith; an operating pin assembly carried by said outer body portion and movable between a first position wherein said pin assembly operatively couples said outer body portion to said inner body portion and said secondary actuator to the actuator on the valve and a second position wherein said outer body portion is uncoupled from said inner body portion and freely rotatable thereon and said pin assembly operatively couples said valve cap to said outer body portion so as to prevent removal of said cap from said outer body portion whereby removal of said outer body portion from said inner body portion is prevented; and a removable lock carried by said outer body portion and engaging said operating pin assembly so as to prevent movement of said pin assembly from said second position to said first position thereby releasably securing the valve in an inoperable position with said outer body portion of said device being secured to and freely rotatable about said inner body portion and the actuator on the valve.