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A vandal resistant pull box to secure terminating utility cables and cable connections below ground surface. As a retrofit apparatus, brackets engage the bottom edges of the pull box container and a top cover securely engages the brackets. As a complete assembly, the container is included with the b

A vandal resistant pull box to secure terminating utility cables and cable connections below ground surface. As a retrofit apparatus, brackets engage the bottom edges of the pull box container and a top cover securely engages the brackets. As a complete assembly, the container is included with the brackets and the cover. Any type of locking device may be employed to secure the cover to at least one of the brackets.

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What is claimed is: 1. A pull box for terminating electrical wires, the pull box having a box-shaped container having an interior and comprising: at least one mounting bracket within said container, said mounting bracket having two ends and having one tab on each of said two ends configured to enga

What is claimed is: 1. A pull box for terminating electrical wires, the pull box having a box-shaped container having an interior and comprising: at least one mounting bracket within said container, said mounting bracket having two ends and having one tab on each of said two ends configured to engage bottom edges of said container; a keeper tab mounted to said at least one mounting bracket, said keeper tab being formed with an opening therethrough to receive a shackle of a locking device; and a security cover having a top surface and an underside and being configured to engage said keeper tab in such a manner that said opening in said keeper tab is externally accessible when said cover is in place in said container, the interior of said container, said at least one mounting bracket, and said keeper tab are below said top surface of said security cover. 2. The pull box recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one mounting bracket comprises first and second spaced mounting brackets, one of said mounting brackets having said keeper tap mounted thereto. 3. The pull box recited in claim 2, and further comprising at least one bracket on said security cover shaped and configured to engage one of said first and second mounting brackets. 4. The pull box recited in claim 3, wherein said at least one bracket comprises two spaced said brackets mounted on the underside of said security cover. 5. The pull box recited in claim 2, wherein said first and second mounting brackets are both formed with a top, generally horizontal portion and opposite downwardly extending legs, said tabs being formed at the bottom of said legs and extending outwardly therefrom. 6. The pull box recited in claim 5, wherein said keeper tab extends generally laterally from said generally horizontal portion. 7. The pull box recited in claim 1, wherein said security cover has an opening therethrough and has a lock box mounted to said underside, said lock box having a top opening and a slot in one side through which said keeper tab protrudes, said opening through said security cover being in alignment with and smaller than the opening in the top of said lock box, thereby forming a baffle over said keeper tab and over said opening in said keeper tab. 8. The pull box recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one mounting bracket is formed with a top, generally horizontal portion and opposite downwardly extending legs, said tabs being formed at the bottom of said legs and extending outwardly therefrom. 9. The pull box recited in claim 8, wherein said keeper tab extends generally laterally from said generally horizontal portion. 10. A method for securing an interior of a the container of a pull box from unauthorized access through an open top thereof, the method comprising: inserting at least one mounting bracket into the container through the open top thereof at an angle with respect to a plane of a plurality of walls of the container, the mounting bracket having outwardly extending tabs shaped and configured to engage bottom edges of the container, the at least one mounting bracket having a keeper tab secured thereto, the keeper tab being formed with a hole therethrough; rotating the at least one mounting bracket to a position parallel with one of the walls of the container with the outwardly extending tabs extending under and engaging the bottom edges of two opposite walls of the container; placing a security cover on a top of the at least one mounting bracket, the security cover having a lock box on the underside thereof, the lock box being shaped and configured with a slot to receive the keeper tab; and securing the cover to the at least one mounting bracket by engaging the hole through the keeper tab with a locking device, thereby securing the interior of the container. 11. The method recited in claim 10, wherein said at least one mounting bracket comprises first and second mounting brackets, the method further comprising inserting the second mounting bracket into the container through the open top thereof at an angle with respect to the plane of the walls of the container, the second mounting bracket having outwardly extending tabs shaped and configured to engage the bottom edges of the container; rotating the second mounting bracket to a position parallel with one of the walls of the container with the outwardly extending tabs of the second mounting bracket extending under and engaging the bottom edges of two opposite walls of the container, the first and second mounting brackets being spaced apart within the container; and placing the security cover onto the top of the first and second mounting brackets. 12. The pull box recited in claim 11, wherein the security cover is formed with at least one bracket on the underside thereof, the method further comprising engaging a top of said second mounting bracket between the underside of the cover and the at least one bracket. 13. The method recited in claim 10, and comprising the further step of removing material from beneath the bottom edges of the container to enable the outwardly extending tabs of the mounting bracket to be positioned beneath the bottom edges of the container.