Patent ID: 8640383

Claim:
A brake shoe assembly for use in a counterbalance system for a sash of a tilt-in window, wherein the sash has a tilt post, said brake shoe assembly comprising: a brake shoe housing having a first arm element, a second arm element, and a bottom section that joins said first arm element to said second arm element, wherein a cam opening is disposed within said brake shoe housing and a gap space exists between said first arm element and said second arm element above said cam opening; a cam element disposed within said cam opening, said cam element containing a tilt post receiving slot therein for receiving the tilt post of the sash, wherein said cam element can be selectively rotated within said brake shoe housing between a first orientation and a second orientation; a catch finger extending from said first arm element into said gap space, said catch finger being integrally molded with said first arm element, wherein said catch finger extends from said first arm element and terminates at a free end, wherein said catch finger is molded into a first position that at least partially obstructs said tilt post receiving slot when said cam element is in said second orientation, and wherein said catch finger is flexible and resiliently deforms into a second position that does not at least partially obstruct said tilt post receiving slot when contacted by the tilt post when the sash is manually lifted from the tilt-in window.