Patent ID: 7708322
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An actuator assembly for use in a fenestration system, the fenestration system having a frame for a window sash or door, comprising: a housing; a lever arm attached to said housing moveable with respect to said housing between a first lever arm position and a second lever arm position; said lever arm is rotatable about two axes of rotation, one axis consisting of a drive member axis and a second axis consisting of a pivot member axis, said axes being substantially perpendicular to each other; said lever arm having a handle portion to move the lever arm, a drive member and a pivot member; said drive member being slidable in a drive member slot along the drive member axis in said housing between a first drive member position and a second drive member position; said pivot member being slideable within a pivot member slot along the pivot member slot in said housing; said pivot member being wider than the drive member to assure that the pivot member does not enter and move in the drive member slot; an engageable member engaged to the drive member, said engageable member comprising at least one locking pin that engages a corresponding at least one keeper on the frame to maintain the frame and the window and the window sash or door engaged; wherein, when the lever arm is moved from the first lever arm position toward the second lever arm position, it will make the pivot member slide within the pivot member slot to allow the lever arm to rotate; wherein, when the lever arm is rotated, the drive member will move from the first drive member position toward the second member position so as to move the engageable member in order to disengage the engagement of the at least one locking pin from their respective at least one keeper to allow the window sash or door to move away from the frame.