Patent ID: 8640384

Claim:
A fenestration assembly comprising: a frame; a panel assembly including at least a primary panel and a secondary panel, the primary panel slidable relative to the secondary panel and the frame; an actuator assembly mounted on the primary panel, the actuator assembly includes an actuator, the actuator assembly coupled with a transmission element, movement of the actuator causes movement of the transmission element; two or more locking latch assemblies mounted along the primary panel, the two or more locking latch assemblies are coupled between the primary panel and the frame, and the actuator is remote from one or more of the two or more locking latch assemblies with the actuator positioned near a bottom of the primary panel and the two or more locking latch assemblies are nearer a top of the primary panel relative to the actuator, wherein: the two or more locking latch assemblies are coupled with the actuator assembly through the transmission element, the two or more locking latch assemblies are movable between locked and unlocked positions, in the locked position the primary panel is fixed relative to the frame, and in the unlocked position the primary panel is slidable relative to the frame; and movement of the actuator is transmitted through the transmission element to each of the two or more locking latch assemblies, and movement of the actuator assembly moves each of the two or more locking latch assemblies between the locked and unlocked positions.