Patent ID: 9702173
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A lock assembly for a sliding window comprising: a sweep cam; a housing having a front wall, a pair of side walls, a top wall, and a rear wall together defining a cam housing recess, the sweep cam rotatably received in the cam housing recess, the rear wall defining an opening, and a barrier portion extending rearwardly from the rear wall under the opening, the sweep cam selectively rotatable between an unlocked position in which the sweep cam is entirely received in the cam housing recess and a locked position in which a portion of the sweep cam extends outward through the opening; a handle operably coupled to the sweep cam to enable the sweep cam to be selectively rotated between the unlocked and the locked positions; and a keeper having a base portion with a forwardly projecting barrier, and a top portion with a rear wall, a pair of side walls, a top wall and a front wall together defining a recess, the front wall defining a forwardly facing opening to receive a portion of the sweep cam in the recess, wherein when the opening of the housing is registered with the forwardly facing opening of the keeper, and the sweep cam is rotated to the locked position, the barrier portion of the housing engages and extends over the barrier of the keeper.