Patent ID: 6874826

Claim:
A tilt-latch for a sash window disposed within opposed guide rails on a master frame, the sash window comprises a top rail, a base and two stiles connected together at their extremities, the tilt-latch adapted for releaseably securing the sash window to the master frame, the tilt-latch comprising: a housing adapted to be supported by the top rail, the housing having an outward end opening and a cover, the cover having opposed longitudinal peripheral edges; a latch bolt disposed within the housing and having a nose adapted for engaging a respective one of the guide rails; and, an actuator connected to the latch bolt and sized to be positioned over the entire cover, the actuator having opposed depending flanges, the flanges being positioned over the peripheral edges of the cover wherein the flanges slide along the peripheral edges when the latch bolt is retracted into the housing.