Patent ID: 7004515

Claim:
A fenestration locking system for a swinging sash or door, comprising: a) a flexible linear push-pull member, which flexible linear push-pull member is substantially and uniformly flexible throughout its entire length and has multiple actuator engagement sites along its length; b) a keeper c) a locking pin assembly, which locking pin assembly has a moveable locking pin and a guide, the moveable locking pin having an actuator that engages at least one of the multiple actuator engagement sites on the flexible linear member when held in position thereon by the guide such that said flexible linear member can then cause said locking pin to move with respect to said locking pin assembly so that an extension engages the keeper when said flexible linear member is moved in a first direction and so that said extension disengages the keeper when said flexible linear member is moved in a second direction; and d) an actuating assembly, which actuating assembly is used to move said flexible linear member in said first direction and in said second direction, wherein said actuating assembly is comprised of a substantially rigid lever arm with an actuating handle for movement of the lever arm at one end and a drive member at an other end opposite therefrom, the handle not being pivotally connected to said housing other than by said lever arm, the lever arm pivoting about said drive member when the handle is moved, which drive member is slideable in a drive member slot parallel to said flexible linear member and which drive member engages said flexible linear member at one of said multiple actuator engagement sites.