Adjustable latch for window assembly

A latch assembly comprising, in combination:

• an adjustable latch base;
• a latch anchor adapted for rigid attachment to a panel, the latch anchor connected to the latch base by a pivotable helmet and pivotable link;
• lever means pivotally secured at one end to the latch base and at another end to the latch anchor, the lever means being folded when the latch base is in a closed position and unfolded when the latch base is in a full open position, thereby restricting a range of travel of the latch base relative to the latch anchor;
• wherein the latch base comprises a lower base adapted for rigid attachment to a second panel, an upper base attached to the lever means and mounted to the lower base in an adjustably fixed position, and positioning means for positioning the upper base in the adjustably fixed position relative to the lower base;
• and
• the upper base is slidably adjustable over the lower base along a first axis, and the positioning means comprises a threaded bore affixed to one of the upper base and the lower base, and a screw having a threaded portion received into the bore and a head, wherein the head of the screw is constrained by the other of the upper base and the lower base so that rotation of the screw urges the upper base to slide with respect to the lower base along the first axis, and urges the helmet to move alone both the first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.

A latch assembly for a motor vehicle comprising, in combination:

• a windowpane having an inner surface and an outer surface and pivotable from a closed position to a full open position on a hinge mounted at a first peripheral portion of the windowpane;
• a latch mounted at a second peripheral portion of the windowpane, opposite the first peripheral portion, releasably securing the windowpane in a closed position to the motor vehicle, the latch comprising:
• an adjustable latch base comprising a lower base affixed to the windowpane, an upper base positioned over the lower base, and positioning means for positioning the upper base in an adjustably fixed position along a first axis with respect to the lower base;
• a latch anchor rigidly attached to the motor vehicle;
• lever means for connecting the latch base to the latch anchor;
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• connection means for resisting separation of the upper base from the lower base comprising an elongate riser extending from the lower base and having a top and a bottom where the top is under than the bottom, and an elongate opening in the upper base sized to receive the elongate riser and form an interlock between the upper base and the lower base, thereby resisting separation of the upper base with respect to the lower base.