Side-mounted lock-off accessory for a circuit breaker

A circuit breaker lock-off device comprising:

• a) a body with a generally planar surface for abutting a side wall of a circuit breaker;
• b) means for mounting the generally planar surface of the body to a side wall of a circuit breaker case in a tenacious engagement;
• c) the body having a ring being sized for accepting a securing device and extending at least in part above a handle surface of the circuit breaker when the body is placed in tenacious engagement with the circuit breaker;
• d) a lock-off arm attached to the body and pivotable in a plane parallel to the generally planar surface of the body;
• i) the lock-off arm having an engagement tab extendable over the handle surface of the circuit breaker;
• ii) the lock-off arm further having a complementary ring to the ring of the body for accepting a securing device;
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• e) whereby the engagement tab is placeable in a position to prevent the circuit breaker handle from moving to an ON position without being physically attached to the breaker handle and the complementary ring and the body ring may have the securing device placed therethrough to maintain the circuit breaker in the OFF position.

A circuit breaker lock-off device comprising:

• a) a generally planar body, the body having a ring being sized for accepting a padlock shackle and extending above a circuit breaker handle-bearing surface;
• b) means for mounting the planar surface of the body to a side wall of a circuit breaker case in a tenacious engagement;
• c) a lock-off arm attached to the body and pivotable in a plane parallel to the body;
• i) the lock-off arm having an L-shaped engagement tab with a first leg of the L extending perpendicularly from the lock-off arm and with a second leg of the L being a tab extending towards the breaker handle;
• ii) the lock-off arm being pivotable into a position for preventing movement of the breaker handle,
• iii) the lock-off arm further having a complementary ring to the ring of the body for accepting a padlock shackle;
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• d) whereby the engagement tab is in a position to prevent the circuit breaker handle from moving to an ON position without being physically attached to the breaker handle in the locked off position.