Patent ID: 7452014

Claim:
A multi-point sash lock assembly being shiftable between a locked and an unlocked disposition, comprising: a tie bar assembly including a tie bar guide and a tie bar, the tie bar guide having a pair of spaced apart guide ends coupled by a body portion, each of the guide ends defining an aperture and being integrally, unitarily formed in a single continuous piece around the aperture, wherein the tie bar is slidably received through the apertures of both of the guide ends, the tie bar guide further comprising a locating tab projecting from the body portion, the locating tab coupled to the body portion with a frangible connection and being riveted to the tie bar, wherein the locating tab is severed from the tie bar guide at the frangible connection by a first shifting of the multi-point sash lock assembly out of the locked disposition, and wherein the locating tab remains riveted to the tie bar.