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US 12,687,056 B2Granted
Window latch
OwnerMartasz Smithinventor
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Abstract
A window latch member for a window with a first sash and a second sash includes a body having an elongate shape with two ends. The first end includes multiple first openings configured to couple with a window catch. The second end includes multiple second openings configured to couple with a sash lock. The window latch member is retrofit to a window assembly.
Claims16
A window latch member for a window comprising:
- a body having an elongated shape defining a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a plurality of first openings disposed along a first length of the body, wherein each opening of the plurality of first openings is configured to couple with a window catch of the window, the second end comprising a plurality of second openings disposed along a second length of the body, wherein each opening of the plurality of second openings is configured to couple with a sash lock of the window;
- wherein the body is retrofit to the window, the window having a first sash and a second sash, the first sash comprising the window catch and the second sash comprising the sash lock;
- wherein each of the plurality of second openings comprises a protrusion extending from an edge of the second opening, the protrusion configured to couple with the sash lock.
A window assembly comprising:
- a first sash and a second sash, wherein the first sash comprises a window catch and the second sash comprises a sash lock;
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- a window latch member comprising a body having an elongated shape defining a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a plurality of first openings disposed along a first length of the body, wherein each opening of the plurality of first openings is configured to couple with the window catch, the second end comprising a plurality of second openings disposed along a second length of the body, wherein each opening of the plurality of second openings is configured to couple with the sash lock, wherein each of the plurality of first openings comprises a curved member extending along a width of the first openings, the curved member configured to couple with the window catch.
A method for installing a window latch member on a window assembly comprising a first sash and a second sash, the method comprising:
- removing an upper window rail of the second sash from a window frame;
- installing a window catch on the first sash with a first opening disposed on a length of a body of the window latch member;
- installing the upper window rail of the second sash to the window frame;
- translating the first sash and the second sash along the window frame to a desired position for latching;
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- coupling a sash lock on the second sash with a second opening disposed on the length of the body of the window latch member;
- wherein the first opening is one of a plurality of first openings disposed along the length of the body, wherein each of the plurality of first openings comprises a curved member extending along a width of the first opening, the curved member configured to couple with the window catch;
- and
- wherein the second opening comprises a protrusion extending from an edge of the second opening, the protrusion configured to couple with the sash lock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.