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US 2025/0075542 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
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.
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.
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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.