摘要 |
A latch for use in a window with a top sash and a bottom sash. The latch includes a housing with a bottom wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom, and a rear wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall between the opposed sidewalls. A top edge of each sidewall and a top edge of the rear wall define a first aperture, a front edge of each sidewall and a front edge of the bottom wall define a second aperture, the first aperture and the second apertures form a bolt aperture that opens into a bolt cavity. A pair of opposed guide rails depend inwardly from the top edges of the sidewalls. A bolt is slidably received by the housing, the bolt having a body with a nose, a top and a pair of opposed grooves, the grooves slidably receiving the guide rails. The body is slidably received in the bolt cavity between a first position in which the nose extends outwardly through the second aperture and a second position in which the nose is disposed entirely within the bolt cavity. A peripheral edge of the top of the bolt extends outwardly beyond the top edges of the opposed sidewalls and the rear wall.
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