Patent ID: 8161684

Claim:
An assembly for securing a hinged building window ( 11 ) in a closed position relative to an aperture defined by a main frame ( 12 ), said assembly comprising: said hinged building window ( 11 ), said main frame ( 12 ), a compressible gasket disposed between the hinged building window ( 11 ) and the frame ( 12 ) defining the aperture, wherein a magnetic means for securing said hinged building window ( 11 ) to the frame ( 12 ) includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein said magnetic means for securing includes a magnetic field in the first and second portions ( 50 , 54 ), the first portion ( 50 ) being disposed on the main frame ( 12 ) the second portion ( 54 ) being disposed on the hinged building window ( 11 ) and thus being adapted to be movable by an operator with the hinged building window alternately into a magnetically attractive closure position and a magnetically unattractive opening position, the gasket being at least partially compressed when the hinged building window ( 11 ) is secured to the aperture, and the attractive force between the portions ( 50 , 54 ) exceeds the repulsion force of the gasket at all stages of compression of the gasket.