Locking devices for storage boxes such as mailboxes

A latch assembly for a storage enclosure comprising a plurality of walls one of which having an opening that defines an at least partially enclosed space, the latch assembly comprising:

• an access panel that pivotally mounts to a first one of plurality of walls adjacent the opening formed therein, so that the access panel can be moved between an open orientation, wherein access to the at least partially enclosed space is provided through the opening, and a closed orientation wherein the access panel covers the opening thereby inhibiting access to the at least partially enclosed space;
• a user actuated lock mechanism that mounts to the access panel so as to extend through the access panel, wherein the user actuated lock mechanism includes a first member extending through the access panel into the at least partially enclosed space when mounted to the access panel and wherein the user actuated lock mechanism is movable by a user between a locked and unlocked configuration;
• a multi-point latch mechanism that mounts to the wall with the opening so as to be positioned in the at least partially enclosed space, wherein the multi-point latch mechanism is rotatable and has a plurality of latch members that are rotationally moved between a latched and an unlatched orientation and wherein the multi-point latch mechanism is biased into the unlatched orientation and wherein user manipulation of the user-actuated lock mechanism results in the user actuated lock mechanism engaging with the multi-point latch mechanism so as to induce the multi-point latch mechanism to move between the latched and unlatched orientation;
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• at least one receiving member that mounts to the panel wherein the receiving member defines receiving openings that are spaced along the width of the opening wherein the openings receive the latch members of the multi-point latch mechanism when the multi-point latch mechanism is in the latched orientation to thereby secure the latch members in the openings and the panel in the closed orientation.