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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2022
Truth Hardware Corporation, Owatonna, MN (US);
Brian Dallman, Owatonna, MN (US);
TRUTH HARDWARE CORPORATION, Owatonna, MN (US);
Abstract
A tie bar fabricate from extruded or formed polymer material available in bulk rolls, and methods of fabrication for a tie bar assembly. The tie bar is custom cut from the bulk material to any desired length at a window assembly line, and is cut with saddles and apertures that match the locations of window locking points and drive locations to conform with window designs on the fly. Standard locking points and drive pins are fitted onto the tie bar in locations as needed to fit particular configurations, and are slidable in standard c-shaped channels. The polymer material used for the tie bar is flexible and resilient, thereby lending itself to use for rounded window designs, without having any specific preformed length, locking point location, or shape.