Patent ID: 7070211

Claim:
An integrated sash lock and tilt latch assembly for a sash window assembly, the sash window assembly having a sash window slideable within a master frame, the sash lock and tilt latch assembly comprising: a rotor adapted to be supported by the sash window, the rotor having a locking end; a latch bolt adapted to be supported by the sash window, the latch bolt adapted to engage the master frame; a means for biasing the latch bolt towards the master frame; a connector having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the latch bolt and the second end pivotally connected about a first pivot axis to a first end of a substantially rigid linkage member, the linkage member having a second end pivotally connected about a second pivot axis to the rotor, the second pivot axis substantially parallel to and remote from the first pivot axis, wherein the linkage member has a substantially curvilinear longitudinal axis; an actuator operably connected to the rotor, the actuator having a locked position wherein the locking end of the rotor is adapted to engage a portion of the window assembly, the actuator being moveable to an unlocked position wherein the locking end of the rotor is adapted to be disengaged from the portion of the window assembly, and being further moveable to a tiltable position wherein the connector retracts the latch bolt so that the latch bolt is adapted to be disengaged from the master frame.