Door and window securing apparatus and method

A locking apparatus for securing a door or window to a receiving structure, comprising:

• a locking apparatus first portion, said locking apparatus first portion attachable to a door or window, and said locking apparatus first portion comprising:
• a locking pin having a distal end, said locking pin attached to a slide car via a locking pin attachment, and wherein said slide car is slidably engaged with a base plate, said base plate for attaching said locking apparatus first portion to said door or window, wherein said slidable car is translatable along said sliding engagement;
• a locking apparatus second portion comprising a pin locking tab having a pin receiving opening for receiving said distal end of said locking pin, said pin locking tab able to be attached to a surface of said receiving structure;
• wherein, when said locking apparatus first portion is attached to a door or window, said base plate is held in a fixed position relative to said door or window;
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• wherein, when said door or window is a closed state, said pin locking tab extends into said locking apparatus first portion;
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• wherein said locking pin is able to be motivated towards said locking tab such that said locking pin is received by said pin receiving opening, resulting in a locked state;
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• wherein said locking pin is able to be motivated away from said locking tab such that no portion of said locking pin is received by said pin receiving opening, resulting in an unlocked state;
• wherein said first portion is adapted to be received by a void in a frame of said door or window such that said locking pin, said slide car, and said base plate are enclosed by said void.