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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2007
Ray Garries, Fox Island, WA (US);
Nick Strahm, Klamath Falls, OR (US);
Gary Brunold, Klamath Falls, OR (US);
James Ripley, Canton, SD (US);
Steve Piltingsrud, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Scott Meunier, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Ray Garries, Fox Island, WA (US);
Nick Strahm, Klamath Falls, OR (US);
Gary Brunold, Klamath Falls, OR (US);
James Ripley, Canton, SD (US);
Steve Piltingsrud, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Scott Meunier, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
JELD-WEN, inc., Klamath Falls, OR (US);
Abstract
A latch for use in a window, the latch including a faceplate, a pair of opposed sidewalls, each sidewall defining a pawl mounting recess, a bottom wall extending between the sidewalls, an aperture defined by the faceplate that opens into a first cavity defined by the housing, and a pair of mounting arms disposed within the first cavity. Each mounting arm has a distal end extending both toward the face plate and inwardly toward a longitudinal center plane of the housing. A pawl is pivotably received in the first recess, the pawl including a top surface, an engagement surface, and a pair of mounting pins pivotally received in the pawl mounting recesses. The distal ends of the mounting arms engage the pawl adjacent a respective mounting pin such that the mounting pins are pivotably secured in the pawl mounting recesses.