Valve lockout device

Abstract

A lockout device that can be used to lock a valve in a closed position, for use particularly with valves that include a stationary member, such as a body, and a rotating member, such as a handle or wheel, for activating and deactivating the valve is disclosed. The lockout device can also be used to provide a connection point for connecting various types of connectors to a hose clamp or other elongate connecting member mounted on and locked onto a body such as a pipe or valve.

I/We claim: 
     
         1 . A lockout device comprising:
 a valve lockout body including a shackle holder extending from the outer surface of the valve lockout body, the shackle holder including a shackle holder aperture sized and dimensioned to receive a valve lockout coupling element;   a lockout cover adapted to be slidably received on the lockout body, the lockout cover including a shackle receiving cover sized and dimensioned to be slidably received on the shackle holder of the lockout body, the shackle receiving cover including a shackle cover aperture positioned to align with the shackle holder aperture when the lockout cover is received on the lockout body; and   a coupling element sized and dimensioned for attachment to a rotating element of the valve and adapted to be coupled to the lockout cover and the valve lockout body, wherein when the coupling element is received on the valve, a shackle received in the shackle holder aperture and the shackle cover aperture limits movement of the coupling element to prevents rotation to open the valve, and wherein the valve lockout body receives a hose clamp for coupling the body to the valve.   
     
     
         2 . The lockout device of  claim 1 , wherein the valve lockout coupling element comprises a padlock with a shackle. 
     
     
         3 . The lockout device of  claim 1 , wherein the clamp comprises a hose clamp. 
     
     
         4 . The lockout device of  claim 1 , wherein the valve is a ball valve, and the rotating element is a handle. 
     
     
         5 . The lockout device of  claim 1 , wherein the valve lockout coupling element comprises a cable. 
     
     
         6 . The lockout device of  claim 1 , wherein the valve lockout coupling element comprises a cable tie. 
     
     
         7 . A lockout device to use with a ball valve, the lockout device comprising:
 a lockout body including:
 an outer surface defining an internal opening sized and dimensioned to receive a coupling element of a hose clamp to be received on a stationary portion of a valve, 
 a shackle holder extending from the outer surface of the valve lockout body and including a shackle holder aperture sized and dimensioned to receive a lockout coupling element; 
   a lockout cover adapted to be slidably received on the lockout body, the lockout cover including:
 a body adapted to enclose at least a portion of the opening in the outer surface of the lockout body to limit access to the coupling element when received on the lockout body; 
 a shackle receiving cover sized and dimensioned to be slidably received on the shackle holder of the lockout body, the shackle receiving cover including a shackle cover aperture positioned to align with the shackle holder aperture when the lockout cover is received on the lockout body, and to receive the lockout coupling element, and 
 a mounting member coupled to at least one of the body and the shackle holder; and 
 wherein when the lockout body is coupled to a hose clamp positioned on a mechanical member, and the lockout cover is received on the lockout body to limit access to the coupling element of the clamp, the lockout coupling element is received through the shackle holder aperture in the lockout body and the shackle cover aperture in the lockout cover to prevent access to the clamp, wherein the mounting member comprises an access point allowing a user to selectively attach elements to the lockout and mounting device. 
   
     
     
         8 . The lockout and mounting device of  claim 7 , wherein the element selectively attached to the lockout and mount device is a sign.