Vandal resistant lighting fixture and method of manufacture thereof

A method for forming a vandal resistant lighting fixture, the method comprising acts of:

• forming a base having a first side wall and a flange extending from the first side wall;
• forming a cover having a second side wall and a cap, the second sidewall having opposed inner and outer peripheries;
• forming an opening in the cap through which light from an illumination source may pass;
• configuring a securing mechanism to rotatably secure the cover to the base when the cover is rotated in a first direction relative to the base to a secured position;
• and
• forming a magnetically operable latching mechanism having latched and unlatched settings, wherein when the cover is in the secured position, the latching mechanism prevents rotation of the cover relative to the base in a second direction opposite the first direction when the latching mechanism is in the latched setting.

A vandal resistant lighting fixture, comprising:

• a base having a first side wall and a first flange extending from the first sidewall, the first sidewall having an outer periphery;
• a cover having a second sidewall and a cap extending from the second sidewall, the second sidewall having inner and outer peripheries, the inner periphery of the second sidewall configured to extend about the outer periphery of the first sidewall of the base;
• an opening situated in the cover through which light from an illumination source may pass;
• a securing mechanism configured to rotatably secure the cover to the base when the cover is rotated in a first direction relative to the base to a secured position;
• and
• a magnetically operable latching mechanism comprising a biasing member having latched and unlatched positions, wherein when the cover is in the secured position, the latching mechanism prevents rotation of the cover relative to the base in a second direction opposite the first direction when the biasing member is in the latched position.