Locking handle mechanism for windows

Abstract

A locking mechanism for a window/door having a frame and a sash, has: a housing assembly configured to be received in an opening defined by one of the frame and the window/door sash, the housing assembly having a frontal plane; a lever pivotable relative to the housing assembly, the lever engaging a locking member to selectively lock or unlock the window/door, the lever having a locked position and an unlocked position, the lever being flush with or recessed behind the frontal plane of the housing assembly in both of the locked position and the unlocked position; a rocker received within the housing assembly and located behind the lever, the rocker being pivotable relative to the housing assembly between a first position and a second position, a movement of the rocker from the first position to the second position pushing the lever outwardly beyond the frontal plane of the housing assembly.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.