Patent ID: 9316043
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: E05C,E05D,E05Y,E06B

Claim Text:
1. A window frame in combination with a sash having a tilt latch; a) the window frame comprising a header, a base, a pair of stiles, each of said stiles connected to said header and said base in opposing relation to form a rectangle, one of said stiles defining a biased face extending substantially an entire longitudinal length of the stile and defining a biased face plane, wherein the biased face plane is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stile and intersects with a window plane defined by the sash forming an obtuse angle therebetween; and b) said sash tilt latch comprising a retractable bolt, said bolt defining a blunt nose with a symmetrical cross-section relative to a vertical plane defined by said stiles along the longitudinal axis of said bolt; whereby said biased face is sized and oriented to depress said blunt nose of said sash tilt latch and permit sash passage when said sash is returned to said window frame.