Patent ID: 8132369

Claim:
An integrated tilt-latch/sash lock assembly for a sash window assembly, the sash window assembly having an upper sash window and a lower sash window slideable within a master frame, and a keeper connected to the upper sash window, the tilt-latch/sash lock assembly comprising a rotor assembly configured to be supported by the lower sash window having a rotor adapted to engage the keeper; a latch bolt configured to be supported by the lower sash window and configured to engage the master frame; a connector operably connected to the rotor and having a first end portion; a fastener for releasably fixing the first end portion between the fastener and the latch bolt; an actuator operably connected to the rotor, the actuator having a locked position wherein the rotor is adapted to engage the keeper, the actuator being moveable to an unlocked position wherein the rotor is adapted to disengage from the keeper, and being further moveable to a tiltable position wherein the connector retracts the latch bolt from the master frame wherein the fastener has a base and a pair of legs extending therefrom for releasably engaging the bolt and wherein the bolt comprises a pair of contact edges and each leg comprises a lip for an engaging a respective contact edge.