Patent ID: 9217266
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A self locating tie bar guide for use with a tie bar of a locking mechanism for a window, the tie bar having prelocated openings located thereon, the tie bar guide comprising: a unitary body comprising a tie bar receiving portion, a locator engaging portion and a fastener receiving portion; the tie bar receiving portion comprising an upper portion and an opposing lower plate joined by a c-shaped portion, the upper portion being shiftable relative to the lower plate between an open orientation in which the tie bar can be inserted into the tie bar receiving portion through a gap defined between the upper portion and the lower plate and a closed orientation in which the upper portion contacts the lower plate to prevent tie bar from passing through the gap; the tie bar receiving portion defining a longitudinal passage there through, the passage being sized and shaped, when in the closed orientation, to slidably receive the tie bar therein; the locator engaging portion including a resilient tie bar engaging member that engages at least one of the prelocated openings when the tie bar receiving portion is in the open orientation and that is resiliently biased toward and into the tie bar passage when the tie bar receiving portion is in the open orientation and is shifted away from the tie bar passage and disengaged from the at least one of the prelocated openings when the tie bar receiving portion is in the closed orientation, wherein the resilient tie bar engaging member further includes a tongue portion including a tie bar engaging bump, wherein the tie bar engaging bump is sized and shaped to engage at least one of the prelocated openings when the tie bar receiving portion is in the open orientation, wherein the tongue portion includes a tongue leg spaced apart from the lower plate when the tie bar receiving portion is in the open orientation and being in contact with the lower plate when the tie bar receiving portion is in the closed orientation, and wherein contact of the tongue leg with the lower plate shifts the tie bar engaging bump out of engagement with the prelocated opening; and the fastener receiving portion defining at least one aperture there through and being oriented such that a received fastener passing there through abuts at least part of the fastener receiving portion and urges the tie bar receiving portion toward the closed position when the fastener is tightened.