CABINET LOCK FOR USE WITH PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC KEY

摘要

A cabinet lock (20) for protecting merchandise (11) within a merchandise display cabinet (10) having an inner door (12) and an outer door (14). The cabinet lock includes a strike plate (32) affixed to the inner door and a lock housing (22) affixed to the outer door such that the cabinet is in a locked configuration that prevents access to the merchandise when the lock housing is operably engaged with the strike plate. A programmable electronic key (40) communicates a security code with the cabinet lock and transfers electrical power to the cabinet lock to operate a lock mechanism (23) between the locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. An indicator (30) is provided for indicating whether the cabinet lock is in the locked configuration or the unlocked configuration. The indicator includes a first segment (A) and a second segment (B) that can be energized to visually indicate the status of the cabinet lock.