Patent ID: 7293438

Claim:
A cable lockout assembly comprising: a body having a passageway therethrough; a cable received in said passageway; a cable sizing mechanism including a moveable gage plate, said moveable gage plate being moveably mounted in said body adjacent said passageway and engageable with the cable; a cable clamping mechanism including first and second moveable cleats, said first moveable cleat being moveably mounted in said body adjacent said passageway and coupled to said moveable gage plate to fix the position of said first moveable cleat in relation to a diameter of the cable, and said second moveable cleat being moveably mounted in said body adjacent said passageway opposing said first moveable cleat for clamping said cable between said first and second moveable cleats: and wherein, said passageway is discontinuous comprising first and second passageways, each of said first and second passageways extending through said body with a first portion of the cable extending through said first passageway and a second portion of the cable extending through said second passageway, and said moveable gage plate engaging the first portion of the cable and said first and second moveable cleats clamping said second portion of the cable.