Patent ID: 8654514

Claim:
A cabinet, comprising: a compartment that includes an interior, an exterior, and a first surface having a cable slot, a cabinet-electrical-connector housed in the interior of the compartment, a main door coupled to the compartment, the main door being movable between a main-door-closed position and a main-door-open position, wherein the cabinet-electrical-connector is accessible when the main door is in the main-door-open position; a cable-slot door coupled to the compartment, the cable-slot door being movable between a cable-slot-door-closed position and a cable-slot-door-open position; and a compartment locking mechanism that comprises: (i) a locking-mechanism housing coupled to the interior of the compartment, the locking-mechanism housing defining a bore, (ii) a trapped-key lock coupled to the compartment, the trapped-key lock including a key and a plunger, with the key being turnable to translate the plunger within the bore between a trapped position and an untrapped position, and with the key being trapped when the plunger is in the trapped position, (iii) a main-door-locking member coupled to the locking-mechanism housing, wherein the main-door-locking member is movable between a main-door-locked position and a main-door-unlocked position; (iv) a cable-slot-door-locking member coupled to the locking-mechanism housing, wherein the cable-slot-door-locking member is movable between a cable-slot-door-locked position and a cable-slot-door unlocked position; and wherein the plunger is prevented from translating to the untrapped position when either the main-door-locking member is in the main-door-unlocked position or the cable-slot-door-locking member is in the cable-slot-door-unlocked position.