Safety lockout hasp
AssigneeMaster Lock Company LLC
InventorMichael Brojanac
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Abstract
A safety lockout hasp includes a shackle member having a first shackle leg and a second shackle leg, and first and second clasp members pivotally secured to the first shackle leg. The first clasp member includes an apertured flange, and the second clasp member includes a cutout portion positioned to receive the apertured flange therethrough when the first and second clasp members are in a closed position in which at least one of the first and second clasp members engages the second shackle leg. When the first and second clasp members are in the closed position and a lockable retaining member is inserted through a lockout aperture in the apertured flange, withdrawal of the apertured flange from the cutout portion is prevented, thereby securing the first and second clasp members in the closed position.
Claims16
A safety lockout hasp comprising:
- a shackle member having a first shackle leg and a second shackle leg;
- a first clasp member pivotally secured to the first shackle leg, the first clasp member including an apertured flange and a cutout portion;
- a second clasp member pivotally secured to the first shackle leg, the second clasp member including an apertured flange and a cutout portion;
- wherein when the first and second clasp members are in a closed position, at least one of the first and second clasp members engages the second shackle leg;
- further wherein when the first and second clasp members are in the closed position, the apertured flange of the first clasp member extends outward through the cutout portion of the second clasp member and the apertured flange of the second clasp member extends outward through the cutout portion of the first clasp member, such that insertion of a lockable retaining member through a lockout aperture in one of the apertured flanges prevents withdrawal of the one of the apertured flanges from the corresponding cutout portion, thereby securing the first and second clasp members in the closed position.
A safety lockout hasp comprising:
- a shackle member having a first shackle leg and a second shackle leg;
- a first clasp member pivotally secured to the first shackle leg, the first clasp member including an apertured flange;
- a second clasp member pivotally secured to the first shackle leg, the second clasp member including a cutout portion;
- wherein when the first and second clasp members are in a closed position, at least one of the first and second clasp members engages the second shackle leg;
- further wherein when the first and second clasp members are in the closed position, the apertured flange of the first clasp member extends outward through the cutout portion of the second clasp member, such that insertion of a lockable retaining member through a lockout aperture in the apertured flange prevents withdrawal of the apertured flange from the cutout portion, thereby securing the first and second clasp members in the closed position;
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- further wherein the first and second clasp members include shackle receiving passages and inwardly biased projections extending into the shackle receiving passages to interlock with upper and lower grooves in the first shackle leg disposed within the shackle receiving passages for pivotally securing the first and second clasp members with the first shackle leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.