Patent ID: 8336927

Claim:
A latch, for use in a sash window of a single-hung or double-hung window assembly, said latch comprising: a housing, said housing comprising: a top plate; a first side wall, a second side wall, and a rear wall connecting to said first and second side walls, said first and second side walls and said rear wall each extending down from said top plate and being connected at a distal end by a bottom wall to form at least a first opening into a cavity; said top plate extending a distance beyond at least said first and second side walls; and said housing further comprising one or more cantilevered members being integral with a portion of said first side wall and having a vertex on said first side wall being in a vertical direction, said housing further comprising a first protrusion protruding from said second side wall and a second protrusion protruding from said rear wall, said cantilevered member having a resilient connection with said first side wall to bias said cantilevered member to be angled with respect to a portion of said first side wall so that a free end of said cantilevered member, being distal from said vertex, extends beyond said top plate, said cantilevered member having a protrusion extending away from a side of said cantilevered member; said first protrusion on said first wall, said second protrusion on said rear wall, and said protrusion on said cantilevered member being generally offset the same amount from a bottom surface of said top plate; a latch bolt, said latch bolt disposed in said cavity of said housing wherein at least a portion of said latch bolt protrudes from said first opening in said housing; and a spring, said spring biasing said latch bolt into an extended position.