Patent ID: 7415797
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: E05B,E05C,E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
1. An impact resistant tilt window assembly including: a window frame including side jambs with legs that extend in the direction of the exterior of the frame; an upper sash; a lower sash that moves vertically between fully open and closed positions and also tilts inwardly; and tilt latch assemblies that are positioned on the lower sash, each tilt latch assembly including a latch bolt with a nose end that includes a notch that is sized to engage the associated jamb leg when the lower sash is in a vertical orientation, the notch having an interior leg that slidably engages an interior side of the jamb leg during the entire vertical movement of the lower sash between said positions and an exterior leg that extends behind an exterior side of the jamb leg and moves along the jamb leg during the entire vertical movement of the lower sash between said positions, whereby the latch bolts center the lower sash during the entire vertical movement thereof.