Valve locking device
OwnerMichael W. Wadsworth, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A locking device for preventing movement of the operating handle of a valve comprising a U-shaped rod member engageable with a portion of the valve and having a curved proximal portion from which extends parallel portions for disposition on opposite sides of the valve handle to prevent movement thereof. First and second pivotally connected elongated arm members are positionable on opposite sides of the U-shaped member so that when they are brought together the U-shaped rod member is confined thereby to prevent said movement of said valve handle.
Claims12
A locking device for preventing movement of the operating handle of a valve, said device comprising:
- a U-shaped rod member having a curved proximal portion from which extends parallel portions terminating in a pair of spaced apart distal ends, said rod member being insertable through a portion of said valve so that said proximal portion is substantially interengageable therewith and said parallel portions thereof extend on opposite sides of said valve handle to prevent movement thereof;
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- first and second elongated arm members corresponding proximal ends of which are pivotally connected, each of said elongated arm members being positionable on opposite side of said U-shaped member so that when distal ends of said arm members are brought together said U-shaped member is confined thereby to prevent said movement of said valve handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.