Patent ID: 6871886

Claim:
A sash lock apparatus which comprises: a keeper disposable on a first window sash and having a keeper aperture therein for lockingly receiving therein a selectively retractable element from a sash lock and said sash lock having said selectively retractable element disposable on a second window sash, said first and second window sashes disposed for movement in a direction substantially parallel to each other, said sash lock including: (a) a rotatable lever having a tab extending therefrom and rotatable in a plane substantially normal to the plane of movement of the second window sash, said tab extending in a direction parallel to the direction of movement of said second window sash; and (b) a spring slide deformable by rotation of said rotatable lever and movement of said tab against said spring slide for selectively causing a portion of said spring slide to enter and retract from said aperture to cause locking and unlocking of said first and second window sashes relative to each other.