ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,163, issued on June 3, was assigned to Brady Worldwide Inc. (Milwaukee).
"Multicable lockout device" was invented by Andrew N. Enger (Muskego, Wis.) and Gene Gladkov (Muskego, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicable lockout device comprises a housing including at least two cable end securement points, a stationary cleat fixed relative to the housing, and at least two rotatable cleats attached to the housing. Each of the rotatable cleats is positioned adjacent to the stationary cleat with a respective cable-receiving pathway being defined between the shared stationary cleat and each of the respective rotatable cleats. The resp...