Patent ID: 7565999

Claim:
A display and dispensing device for storing a plurality of tickets that is securable to prevent the dispensing of said tickets when desired, said device comprising: (a) a housing of box-shaped configuration having a floor, a roof, a pair of sidewalls, a front end and an open rear end; (b) a door pivotally attached to the rear end of said housing for closing said rear end when shut, said door having a slot for the dispensing of said tickets from said dispenser and an opening near the upper portion of the door; (c) a lock assembly having a body portion extending through said door opening and a latch member attached to said body portion for engaging a portion of said housing to fix said door in a shut condition when said assembly is locked; (d) a security shield pivotally attached to said door and being alternatively located in an open condition allowing said tickets to be dispensed through said dispensing slot and a closed condition blocking the dispensing slot to prevent the dispensing of tickets therethrough; and (e) securement means associated with said lock assembly latch member to maintain said security shield in the closed condition when said lock assembly is locked wherein said door includes at least one aperture adjacent said lock assembly body portion and said security shield has a prong that extends through said aperture when said shield is in the closed condition and said securement means engages said prong to secure said shield in the closed position.