Patent ID: 7341238

Claim:
In a suppressor having a discharge valve including a load end and a discharge end, said load end and said discharge end defining a discharge path therethrough, a primary control for blocking or permitting flow through said discharge path; a storage container connected to said discharge valve at said load end; said storage container delivering a pressurized fluid to said discharge valve through said load end when in a discharge mode; and a discharge prevention system for selectively preventing discharge of said fluid from valve when said primary control is otherwise permitting flow through said discharge path, said discharge prevention system including: a side opening in said discharge valve positioned spaced from said primary control and transverse of said discharge path; a lockout member separate from said primary control and removably insertable into said side opening, so as to mechanically block said discharge path regardless of whether said primary control is blocking or permitting flow through said discharge path, wherein said lockout member prevents inadvertent fluid discharge through said discharge end of said discharge path.