Patent ID: 7363747

Claim:
A window sash that includes a window sash latch for securing the window sash to a window jamb comprising: a meeting rail of the window sash having a top face and a bottom face; a window sash latch attached to the top face of the meeting rail, the window sash latch including a movable latch bolt adapted to interface with the window jamb and a latch housing having: a) a channel that at least partially surrounds the latch bolt, the channel permitting horizontal travel of the latch bolt such that the latch bolt may be extended into, or retracted from, the window jamb, the channel restraining the latch bolt from movement in two or more other directions, and b) a housing wrap integral to the latch housing, the housing wrap extending around and down a portion of an interior face of the window sash; and one or more fasteners for interconnecting the latch housing and the meeting rail of the window sash, wherein the latch housing and integral housing wrap operate to transfer force between the window sash and the window jamb through the latch bolt.