Patent ID: 8347671

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, wherein the cover member is pivotably connected to the bottom member at a hinge portion, with the bottom member aperture being disposed between the hinge portion and the first holding surface; 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; further wherein the bottom member further comprises a lock bar including at least one locking aperture sized to receive a padlock shackle therethrough, such that when the cover member is in the closed position, the insertion of a padlock shackle through the at least one locking aperture prevents movement of the cover member from the closed position to the open position.