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US7254841:
Vest serving as portable lockout station for machine maintenance
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Nelson, Steven Curtis; Mauston, WI, United States of America 53948
Johnson, Todd Timothy; Reedsburg, WI, United States of America
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| Assignee: |
Nelson; Steven Curtis, Mauston, WI, United States of America
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| Published / Filed: |
2007-08-14
/ 2004-07-13
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| Application Number: |
US2004000890534
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| IPC Code: |
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A41D 1/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D13/00P; A41D13/01; K45F200/05K;
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| U.S. Class: |
002/102;
002/094;
002/051;
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| Field of Search: |
002/094,102,51,48,46,79,115,247,249-254,108,85,93
206/580,38.1,37.1,37.3,37.4,37.6
224/935,623,223,600-602,230,660
070/001,14,431
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| Priority Number: |
| 2004-07-13 |
US2004000890534 |
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| Abstract: |
A vest is configured to serve as a portable lockout station, whereby maintenance workers may conveniently carry safety lockout padlocks (and their keys) and safety lockout tags from one maintenance location to another to allow them to impose a safety lockout on machinery when working on the machinery. The vest is preferably brightly colored and provided with reflective stripes so that it is readily visible to others around the maintenance location, and it includes pockets which are specially configured to complementarily fit safety lockout padlocks and tags for easy storage and access. The pockets are also formed of material which is at least partially transparent, such as mesh, and are placed on a location on the vest which is readily visible to the wearer such that the wearer can readily note when a safety lockout padlock is absent (e.g., when one has been forgotten at a prior maintenance location). The wearer of the vest is thereby encouraged to follow proper lockout procedures because lockout equipment is readily at hand, is maintained in an organized state, and is not easily forgotten when leaving one maintenance location to work at another location.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Fieschko, Esq., Craig A. ;
DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Vanatta, Amy B.;
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First Claim:
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1. A portable lockout station garment for imposing a safety lockout on machinery, the garment comprising a vest having: a. a pair of opposing arm openings with a neck opening therebetween, b. a pair of opposing chest flaps descending from the neck opening to a vest waist, the flaps being releasably closable, wherein each of the chest flaps includes: (1) a breast region adjacent the neck opening wherein the breast region situates over a wearer's breast, and (2) an abdomen region adjacent the vest waist wherein the abdomen region situates over a wearer's abdomen, c. two or more lock pockets on the abdomen regions, each lock pocket having a depth greater than its width to accommodate a safety lockout padlock, with two or more safety lockout padlocks, each being situated in one of the lock pockets; d. a key pocket on one of the abdomen regions, the key pocket being sized to accommodate one or more keys, with one or more keys in the key pocket, each key being configured to allow unlocking of one or more of the safety lockout padlocks; e. a tag pocket on one of the breast regions, each tag pocket having a depth greater than its width to accommodate a safety lockout tag, with one or more safety lockout tags in the tag pocket, wherein at least a major portion of the vest is colored in the yellow-orange range.
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