Patent ID: 6935662

Claim:
A latch assembly for closing a door or window opening to a fixed frame having a longitudinal extent at multiple locations distributed along said extent with a single latching movement, said assembly comprising a longitudinally extended keeper having at least three apertures in distributed, longitudinally spaced array, said keeper being mountable to one side of said opening, a cooperating longitudinally extended latch structure comprising a longitudinally shiftable carrier carrying a corresponding number of distributed latch pins selectively engageable with said apertures, respective pairs of said apertures and pins being relatively coaxially disposable and opposable, a carrier shifting guide, said latch structure being in keeper opposed relation, and an actuator for shifting said carrier and latch pins along said carrier guide between engaged and nonengaged conditions of said latch pins with said apertures, and spring biasing structure biasing said carrier against latch pin engagement with said apertures, said actuator locking said latch pins into aperture engagement against said spring bias.