Apparatus for latching a window

Abstract

An apparatus for securing a first article in stationary relationship to a second article where the first article and second article lie in offset planes when in a closed position. The apparatus may include a latch handle mounted in fixed relation to the first article with a plunger connected to the latch handle and responsive to movement of the latch handle. The latch handle may be articulated between a closed position and an open position such that the plunger is moved between a respective latched position and an unlatched position. A latching flange may be mounted in fixed relation to the second article such that the plunger engages a portion of the latching flange when the plunger is in the latched position to prevent the first article and the second article from moving in a lateral relation to each other. The first article and the second article may be prevented from moving in a substantially planar relation to each other when the first article and the second article are in a closed position.

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