ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,904, issued on March 18, was assigned to Brady Worldwide Inc. (Milwaukee).
"Panel door lockout" 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 lockout device is able to secure a door on a panel. The lockout device includes a housing and a flexible line. The housing has a first mounting portion adapted for securement to one side of the panel and the flexible line has on one end thereof a second mounting portion adapted for securement to another side of the panel from the first mounting portion. The housing further supports at least one line engagement element, and the ...