(57) A lockable enclosure is disclosed which may be installed at locations accessible
to customers for vending merchandise, dispensing money or receiving deposits, and
where a potential attacker would have only a limited period of time to break into
the enclosure before the police or security personnel would be able to arrive and
intervene against the attacker. The latches and latch bolts (67) of the enclosure
have apertures or projections (69) which interlock with mating projections or apertures
(73, 75) upon deformation of the sheet metal door or the sheet metal walls of the
enclosure when an attacker deforms the enclosure sufficiently to cause damage to the
lock or latches. Such interlocking prevents retraction of the latches or latch bolts
holding the door closed even if the lock mechanism is completely destroyed or removed
by force.
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