Multi-position window operator handle

A window operator handle, said handle comprising:

• (a) a housing having a generally planar bottom surface for mounting to a window frame having a generally planar mounting surface;
• (b) an arm having a central longitudinal axis secured to said housing at a first end with a knob secured to a second end of said arm, said arm having a center point substantially equidistant from said first and second ends,
• (c) a pivot means pivotally attaching said arm to said housing, said arm having at least two positions, a first position which extends said knob outwardly from said housing bottom plane, and a second position which extends said knob inwardly toward said housing bottom surface plane whereby said arm is pivoted about said housing and in a plane and pivots through an obtuse angle;
• (d) means for locking the arm in one of the first and second positions;
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• (e) said arm, is sufficiently curved such that when in the second position the longitudinal axis at said second end is further from said housing bottom surface plane than the longitudinal axis at said arm's center point whereby the knob extends inwardly and is adapted to still not extend into a mounting surface of a window frame.