Locking cabinet assembly

Claim 2

In a cabinet assembly, a base portion including a bottom wall and a pair of spaced apart side walls, a generally U-shaped cover member fabricated of a rigid material formed to include a top wall and first and second end walls extending from opposite ends of said top wall, said first end wall being formed to include a flange portion extending in a direction generally parallel to said top wall, means forming a slot proximate one end of said bottom wall for receiving the flange portion of said first end wall when said cover member is mounted on said base portion, a rigid member carried by said base portion proximate to the other end of said bottom wall for engaging the lower portion of the second end wall when said cover member is mounted on said base portion, and releasable locking means for securing said second end wall to said rigid member.

Claim 3

A cabinet assembly as in claim 1 wherein said locking means includes a pin member mounted on said rigid member extending in a direction generally parallel to the bottom wall of said base portion and a key operated lock carried by the second end wall, said lock having a latch member for engaging said pin member.

Claim 4

A cabinet assembly as in claim 1 wherein said locking means includes a screw threadedly mounted in said rigid member and passing through an opening in said second end wall.

Claim 5

A cabinet assembly as in claim 3 wherein said opening is a slot opening through the lower edge of said second end wall, said slot having a width less than the diameter of the head of said screw.

Claim 6

A cabinet assembly as in claim 1 wherein said cover member is fabricated of sheet metal.

Claim 7

A cabinet assembly as in claim 1 wherein said side walls are separated by a distance at least as great as the width of said top and bottom walls, whereby said cover member rests between said side walls when said cabinet is assembled.

Claim 8

A cabinet assembly as in claim 1 wherein said base portion is a U-shaped member fabricated of sheet metal.

Claim 9

A cabinet assembly as in claim 8 wherein said flange portion extends from said end wall by an angle greater than 90*.

Claim 10

In a cabinet assembly particularly suitable for housing electronic equipment such as a burglar alarm, first and second generally U-shaped sheet metal members each having a central portion and a pair of spaced apart and portions extending from opposing edges of said central portion, said members being disposed in opposite attitudes to form an enclosure, interlocking flange means carried by said members for securing one end portion of said first member to the central portion of said second member, and locking means carried by said members for securing the other end portion of said member to the central portion of said second member, said locking means comprising a latch pin carried by the central portion of said second member and a key-operated lock mounted on said other end portion of said first porTion, said lock including a latch for releasably engaging said latch pin.

Claim 11

In a cabinet assembly particularly suitable for housing electronic equipment such as a burglar alarm, first and second generally U-shaped sheet metal members each having a central portion and a pair of spaced apart and portions extending from opposing edges of said central portion, said members being disposed in opposite attitudes to form an enclosure, interlocking flange means carried by said members for securing one end portion of said first member to the central portion of said second member, and locking means carried by said members for securing the other end portion of said member to the central portion of said second member, said locking means comprising a latch pin carried by the central portion of said second member and a key-operated lock mounted on said other end portion of said first porTion, said lock including a latch for releasably engaging said latch pin.

Claim 12

In a cabinet assembly particularly suitable for housing electronic equipment such as a burglar alarm, first and second generally U-shaped sheet metal members each having a central portion and a pair of spaced apart end portions extending from opposing edges of said central portion, said members being disposed in opposite attitudes to form an enclosure, interlocking flange means carried by said members for securing one end portion of said first member to the central portion of said second member, and locking means carried by said members for securing the other end portion of said first member to the central portion of said second member, said locking means comprising a rigid member carried by the central portion of said second member and a screw threadedly mounted in said rigid member, said screw passing through an opening in said other end portion of said first member.

Claim 13

In a cabinet assembly particularly suitable for housing electronic equipment such as a burglar alarm, first and second generally U-shaped sheet metal members each having a central portion and a pair of spaced apart end portions extending from opposing edges of said central portion, said members being disposed in opposite attitudes to form an enclosure, interlocking flange means carried by said members for securing one end portion of said first member to the central portion of said second member, and locking means carried by said members for securing the other end portion of said first member to the central portion of said second member, said locking means comprising a rigid member carried by the central portion of said second member and a screw threadedly mounted in said rigid member, said screw passing through an opening in said other end portion of said first member.