Abstract: A sharps disposal system providing a frame and a container having an opening and being selectively mountable to the frame. A lid is pivotally attached to the frame and is selectively movable into engagement with the container when the container is mounted to the frame. Engaging the container with the lid closes the opening except for an aperture through which sharps can be inserted into the container but which impedes insertion of human hands. Engaging the container with the lid also impedes removal of the container from the frame. The system employs a means for selectively locking the lid into engagement with the container. The system further provides a cover for selectively sealing said opening.

Abstract: A hatch for a boat or other application is provided. The hatch includes a frame for mounting in an opening in a panel and a hatch cover pivotally mounted thereto. The cover includes a hinge pin that pivotally engages a hinge receptacle mounted on the frame. A handle is slidably mounted in the hatch cover and includes a latch that releasably engages the frame when the hatch is in a closed and latched position.

Abstract: A hidden, releasable latch for a molded plastic enclosure having a first panel abutting a second panel along a seam. The first panel has a pressure bump on its inside surface a first distance from the seam, and a projecting tang on its inside surface at a further distance from the seam. The second panel has a tab from its inside surface projecting inside, parallel and spaced from the inside surface of the first panel, the tab contacting the pressure bump, and capturing the projecting tang in a hole within the tab. The tab is flexible enough for slight deflection during the capturing of the tang by the hole during an assembly process, and the releasing of the tang by movement of the tab from pressure from the pressure bump during a disassembly process.

Abstract: A light fixture including a housing having a longitudinal axis, an open axial end, and a lens door assembly pivotally connected to the housing and permitting the lens door assembly to move between an open position and a closed position. A latch mechanism secures the lens door assembly in the closed position over the open end of the housing. The latch mechanism can include at least one spring clip connected to the housing and engaging a tab of the lens door assembly when in the closed position.

Abstract: The body structure of a pocket computer includes a fastener mainly an elastic fastening element of a multi-layered construction accommodated in an insertion space located at a front edge of the main body housing. A simplified telephone input jack is constructed in the side wall of the pocket computer main body. The association of the main body and the cover body of the pocket computer is accomplished by a pivotal shaft, which is characterized in that it is provided with a delay swivel device permitting the communication cables linking the main body with the cover body to be less vulnerable to bending caused by the actions of opening and closing the cover body and that it includes indicator lights serving to show the operating status of electronic functions of the computer. The keyboard includes entry keys which are securely coupled with the housing plate of the keyboard by slide keys and slide key mounts.

Abstract: A basket for arranging individual boxes in a cryogenic bath, comprises a vertically elongated body (1) of substantially U-shaped transverse cross section having an open access face (6), a plurality of horizontal transverse dividers (8A, 8B) to support boxes (2), and manually actuable locks for locking the boxes in position in the basket. The locks (9) each comprises a principal portion (10) and an end portion (11) mounted pivotably about a substantially vertically axis on a lateral portion (3B) of the body (1). Each lock is displaceable elastically between a stable locking position in which the principal portion (10) extends across the access face (6), and a stable unlocking position freeing the access face. A cryogenic container (20) receives at least one such basket supported by hooking over a neck (24) of the container (20).

Abstract: The invention provides an improved door stop which is adapted to retain a door in an open position, the door stop having a base which can be secured to a suitable wall or floor surface, a stopping portion which functions in the manner of a normal door stop, and a retaining member having an abutment formed therein to retain the door between the abutment and the stopping portion, the retaining member being moveable into and out of a door retaining position. The device permits a door to be opened and securely retained in an open position; the structure permits easy replacement of parts which can be sized to fit different doors.

Abstract: A cordless electric device has a main body portion extending along an axis and a handle portion extending at an obtuse angle with respect to the axis, the handle portion receiving therein along a second axis a battery pack. The device has a two-part housing, with the parts respectively defining the front and rear of the body and handle portions.

Abstract: A dual windshield primarily for a golf cart or other slow moving vehicle having two panels (1, 3) with a top panel (1) slidable up-and-down in side channels (5) that are snap-attachable or otherwise fixable to front side posts (9). A top edge of the top panel (1) of the windshield is easily raised with a handle section (14, 22) that is snap-locked shut automatically with a snap-latch (13, 19) that is easily unsnapped.

Abstract: A slam latch for a sliding or hinged cabinet door has a body formed from side and rear walls from which extends a flexible lower plate having a catch. The latch mounts in an aperture positioned so that the flexible lower plate extends beyond the edge of the door and over the edge of an adjacent panel to secure the two together.

Abstract: A silicon wafer storage box must be secured by a functional and convenient latch during the fabrication and transportation of silicon wafers. The present invention encompasses such a functional, convenient latch adaptable for either manual or automated manipulation. The invention includes a rigid upper tab having a peg adapted for interaction with a robot arm of an automated process. The invention also includes a resiliently flexible bottom bight having a horizontally extending rigid lower tab, adapted for manual manipulation. The invention permits convenient, efficient manipulation of the latch by either a person or by an automated process.

Abstract: Latching members made of single strips of resilient material which can be removably attached to the rim of a conventional metal garbage can receptacle at spaced locations along the rim. The resilient strips are bent in a substantially U-shaped configuration to form clips having a substantially arcuate or cylindrical bight portion with an entranceway or mouth whose width is less than the diameter of the bight so that it can be snapped over the rim of a garbage can lid. One of the U-shaped resilient strips can pivot on the lid rim so that one leg can be positioned beneath the lip or upper beaded portion of the can to preclude removal of the lid from the can when used in combination with the other, resilient clips mounted on the lower beaded portion of the garbage can lid, with a leg beneath the can bead.

Abstract: A latch unit for releasably latching a lid to a mating container. The latch unit comprises a horizontally disposed resilient beam which is spaced from the rim of either the lid or the container and includes a resilient finger plate which extends toward the bottom of the lid or container to terminate in a free end. The finger plate has a detent disposed at its other end with a horizontal abutment surface. A locking cage is disposed on the side wall of the other of the lid or container and includes a horizontally disposed stop for engagement with the abutment surface when the latch unit is latched. The latch unit may be unlatched by flexing the finger plate to release the detent from the stop.

Abstract: A control cover device is supplied in kit form and to be assembled and fitted by the user to a piece of equipment having a front control panel and opposite side walls projecting rearwardly from opposite ends of the control panel. The device comprises a cover which is pivotally, or otherwise moveably secured to the apparatus by means of mounting members which are attachable to the opposite side walls of the equipment casing, and to which the opposite ends of the cover are suitably attached.The mounting members are each provided with a catch for releasably retaining the cover in a control-covering position. The cover includes an elongate screen piece which can be cut to a length suitable for the particular equipment, and the mounting members are of plate-like form.

Abstract: A window latch mechanism having first and second closure members for attachment to respective first and second double-hung windows. Hingeably attached to the first closure member is a tongue having a distal tooth. When the closure members are in an open configuration thereof, the tongue may be selectively rotated about a hinge to an easy open position or to a vertical ready-to-latch position. The first closure member also includes a vertically extending biasing wall adjacent to a base of the tongue. The second closure member includes a bar positioned to be overlapped by the tooth when in a closed and locked position thereof. The mechanism also includes at least one restraining boss positioned opposite the bar relative to the tongue for selectively allowing the tongue to be biased away from the bar and interferringly held by the boss away from the bar in a closed but unlatched position to allow the windows to be opened.

Abstract: A device (36) capable of functioning both as a latch and a hinge is disclosed. The device (36) includes a latch section (16) mounted on the housing (12) of an enclosure (10) and includes a groove (88) and a movable latch member (40) extending over the groove (88). The device (36) further includes a hinge section (30) mounted on the cover (14) and includes a rod (32) which is received in the groove (88) and rotatably retained therein by the latch member (40).

Abstract: A plastic latch for latching a first surface to a second, substantially coplanar, surface is disclosed having a flexible plastic band with a planar attachment segment adapted for attachment to the first surface, an upper arcuate segment extending upwardly from the attachment segment, a planar first segment depending from the upper arcuate segment and substantially parallel to and longer than the attachment segment, a lower arcuate segment extending from the flex segment beneath the upper arcuate segment, and an engaging segment extending upwardly from the lower arcuate segment parallel to the flex segment and in substantial alignment with the attachment segment. A connecting segment flexibly connects the engaging segment to the attachment segment and extends towards the flex segment. A projecting nub is located on the engaging segment and is adapted to engage beneath the projecting ledge extending from the planar surface when the first surface is placed in contact with the second surface.

Abstract: A door latch formed of transparent elastic plastic is disclosed. The latch has an elastic plastic band with a base segment adapted for mounting on a door and a catch segment flexibly attached to the base segment and extending angularly outward therefrom to project transversely beyond the base segment. The band also has a striker segment flexibly attached to the catch segment and extending angularly outward therefrom and transversely to a position outlying the base segment, and also a return portion flexibly attaching the striker segment to the base segment. The band is adapted to flexibly deform when pressed against a door jamb to selectively engage the jamb. The latch may also have a stiffening rib of plastic material rigidly affixed to the base segment within the band to act to restrict the deflection of the band when the band is pushed against a door jamb. This latch is useful as a transparent latch for a transparent display case.

Abstract: A pocket-type computer encompassed by a two-part casing has the entire latch mechanism contained in sidewalls of upper and lower hinged casings. The sidewalls have a thickness of only about two millimeters. A latch plate is integrally molded in a sidewall interior recess or formed as a molded part and fixedly adhered in the recess. One end of an elongated latch is fixed in an interior recess in the upper casing sidewall and depends therefrom so that a centilevered end having locking tooth slides on an inclined surface on the latch plate as the casings are closed until the latch tooth springs into a recess and keeper in the latch plate. An integral push button extends outwardly from the latch at a medial position into a matching aperture in the upper casing sidewall. The push button is accessed from the casing exterior and when pushed inwardly, the latch is pivoted inwardly releasing the latch tooth from the latch keeper to allow opening of the two casings.

Abstract: A latch for a transparent display box is disclosed having a flexible plastic band with a planar attachment segment adapted for attachment to the inside front surface of the lid. An upper arcuate segment extends upwardly from the attachment segment, and a planar flex segment depends from the upper arcuate segment and is substantially parallel to and longer than the attachment segment. A lower arcuate segment depends from the flex segment beneath the upper arcuate segment and an engaging segment extends upwardly from the lower arcuate segment parallel to the flex segment and in substantial alignment with the attachment segment. A projecting nub on the engaging segment is adapted to engage in a hole in the base when the lid is closed on the base. The flexing of the arcuate segments and the flex and engaging segments enables the nub to move inward from the inside surface of the front of the box when the lid is closed to allow the nub to engage in the hole.

Abstract: One-piece latches or door-retenting devices of elastomeric material of specified parameters, are constructed for disposition in the surface of a door or other supporting panel so that at least one lip projects outwardly from the edge or surface in elastically deformable relation to engage a striker bar or surface. A first type includes and elongated lip projecting or depending from one edge, the inner surface of the lip forming a slot which just accommodates the striker bar upon closure of the latch, the adjacent outer surface of the lip projecting in angular relation to the slot providing resilient latching action against the striker bar when the latch is opened or closed. Latch shapes of this type include "D" shape, "C" shape, round, square, polygonal and line configurations. A second type comprises a bellows-like latching member closed at one end with a protuberance in the form of an elastomeric bulb which is constructed to be elastically deformed by the striker bar or latching surface.

Abstract: A ring to be worn as an article of jewelry about a portion of a body of a person has pivotally mounted, first and second arcuate sections movable between opened and closed positions. A substantially T-shaped recess is provided in the first arcuate section. This recess extends along a portion of the arc of the first arcuate section and includes an outer head portion of a wider transverse dimension than an inner stem portion. The head and stem portions of the recess are joined through upwardly facing, transversely extending supporting surfaces. The recess further has an open free end, and the stem portion of the recess includes an opening along the arcuate inner surface of the first arcuate section for communicating with the interior of the ring. The second arcuate section has an inner surface and a rigid male extending male member projecting therefrom.

Abstract: A latch device for a hinged door including a resiliently flexible latch bar secured to the door and having a free portion extending along the inside of the door to an end portion, near the door edge, which engages a catch by means of the bending and straightening of the latch bar. Preferred embodiments include a stop bar similar to the latch bar, but extending beyond the opposite door edge to engage another catch to hold the door open. The latch and stop bars are preferably a single bar with two free portions at its opposite ends. The catches have bearing surfaces which distort the bar as the door swings to prepare it to snap into locking engagement with the catches. Access to the latch bar, to allow unlatching, is provided through the door.

Abstract: A window latch that includes a handle portion secured to the window and a generally U-shaped latch member that is secured to the frame. The U-shaped latch member defines a projection in engagement with the handle to retain the window in the closed position. To open the latch, the legs of the U are moved toward each other to disengage the projection from the handle to permit the window to be moved to the open position.

Abstract: The invention provides a keyboard security device for preventing access to a keyboard, such as the digit keys of the keyboard of a digital telephone. The device comprises a base framework with a releasable and removable cover. An engagement member engages a recess in a side member of the framework. Locking means provided by resilient members on the cover engage openings in an inner wall of the framework. A key with spuds corresponding to the resilient members is pivotal in a key accommodating slot to engage the resilient members and disengage them from the openings.

Abstract: A unitary child-resistant container for pills and the like includes a rectangular tray-shaped body member to which a top closure member is connected by an integral hinge. The top closure member includes a front wall that is normally latched to the front wall of the body member by a latch device that is released by a release button that extends outwardly from the deformable front wall of the body member through a corresponding opening contained in the closure member front wall. Consequently, opening of the container requires the simultaneous depression of the release button and the application of a vertical lifting force on the top closure member. Stiffening ribs may be provided on the underside of the top closure member for frictional engagement with the inner surfaces of the body member side walls, thereby to further retain the closure member in the closed position. Preferably, the container is molded in one step from synthetic plastic material.

Abstract: A child resistant safety latch for the door or drawer of an enclosure such as a cabinet. The door or drawer is latched in a slightly ajar position from which it can neither be fully opened nor reclosed, preventing both access to the contents of the enclosure and possible injury to the child's fingers upon reclosure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock for kitchen and bathroom doors and drawers and the like. The lock is secured to the door or drawer and restricts access of children to such cabinets and drawers. The invention uses the difference between the middle and third fingers on an adult's hand combined with a specified stiffness in the locks operating parts to restrict children from operating the lock. As well the lock is a combination finger lock where there are dummy locking devices. The lock comprises a pair of locking protrusions which interlock with catches on the cabinet frame. A set of blocking protrusion joined by a bar and or pad. The blocking protrusions interlock with the locking protrusions preventing their movement downwards until the blocking protrusions are moved downwards first. A set of dummy protrusions, somewhat similar in shape and design to the locking protrusions, interlock with the catches on the cabinet frame when they are inadvertently pressed down.

Abstract: A security striker plate mounted with the rail of a door frame which includes a peripheral door stop and interior framing studs. The striker plate comprises a mount plate inset within the rail against an inner surface and secured thereto by a plurality first wood screws extending into the studs. A right angular apertured strike plate bears against a right angular surface of the rail and is secured thereto by a plurality of spaced second screws which extend into the studs. A right angular door stop lip extends from the strike plate to reinforce the door stop and a right angular anchor plate extends from the lip and bears against outer portions of the rail and is secured thereto by a plurality of tamper proof security screws which extend into the studs. The hook plate is secured to the studs and has apertures therethrough to supportively receive the second and third screws.

Abstract: A lock (11) for a paper towel dispensing cabinet (10) including a latch (20) and bushing (21) arranged with the bushing extending through the door (14) of the cabinet and the latch secured to the door of the cabinet. The latch includes ramped sidewalls (24) which engage wedge structures (58) on the door and resilient retainer arms (27) which engage stops (60) on the door, to thereby hold the latch in position. The latch also includes a pair of resilient catch arms (30) that engage apertures (61) in the back of the cabinet to hold the door in a locked position. A key (22) is provided to release the catch arms so that the door of the cabinet can be opened. The latch, bushing and key can each be made of molded plastic material.

Abstract: A release mechanism for a vehicle escape sash employs a latch mechanism of novel construction, with parts configured as keeper, hinged latch member, and sash bar. The keeper has a keeper flange that projects upward from a web of the keeper, and has a generally cylindrical undercut recess at its juncture with the web. The recess defines a latch seat. The latch member has a sash plate mounted to the window sash rail and a latch plate hingedly connected to the sash plate. A depending flange on the latch plate has a cylindrical head at its free end that fits into the keeper recess and makes continuous rolling contact therewith when the keeper and latch member are latched together. The sash bar is mounted onto the latch plate and extends inwardly over the latch member, the keeper, and the sash subframe. The sash bar both serves as a cover and as a release handle.

Abstract: A child proof safety latch for a cabinet door or drawer. The safety latch includes a base plate receivable on the door, with a hook extending from the base plate to engage the cabinet. A holding plate is provided to locate the base plate, and the holding plate and base plate have teeth for ratchet adjustment of the base plate. A screw passes through the holding plate and the base plate to secure the latch to the door, and the latch is rotatable to place the hook in a position so the hook will not engage the cabinet. The latch therefore has an operable position and an inoperable position.

Abstract: A latching mechanism, for latching and unlatching a panel movable relative to a stationary panel of a container, includes a latch secured to one of the panels, and a structure defining an opening in the other of the panels through which the latch extends when the movable panel is in container-closing position. A latch keeper is positioned by a positioning device in operative position relative to the other of the panels to engage and retain the latch when the movable panel is in container-closing position. A keeper actuating device is operable to shift the latch keeper to latch-releasing position. The positioning device and the keeper cooperate to maintain the keeper in operative position and the keeper is manually shiftable from the operative position for disengagement from the other of the panels.

Abstract: A simple, low cost latching mechanism is provided that can be assembled without the use of tools and that permits both the top and bottom covers of a radio chassis to be quickly and easily latched to or detached from the chassis. The mechanism includes a latch member having a pair of latch arms biased by an integral coil spring towards a latched position, and an open faced support member for the latch member that allows for easy assembly of the mechanism. Release tabs extend through an exterior chassis wall for selectively shifting the latch arms to a released position to free the covers. A locking cam is also provided to selectively lock the latch arms in the latched position.

Abstract: A child proof safety latch for a cabinet door or drawer. The safety latch includes a U-shaped mounting bracket that can be slipped over the edge of the door or drawer without screws or other fasteners. A hook assembly engages the mounting bracket with ratchet teeth so the hook member can be moved into locking position after the safety latch is in place on the closure. The hook member is carried on a base plate, and the base plate may have a knob to keep the hook assembly aligned for easy motion.

Abstract: A protective canister for computer discs comprises a hollow tube and a pair of end caps for closing the tube and fixing a central post therein. A stack of alternate computer discs and spacers having aligned central apertures is loaded onto the center post and clamped in the canister by way of a pair of platforms carried by the end caps about the central post. The elements of the canister are preferably constructed from hydrocarbon-based polymers and, after loading, the canister is sealed in shrink film so that the discs are protected in an environment which is free of particulate matter.

Abstract: A plastic one-piece latch for locking a lid comprises a base provided on the underside thereof with a fastener leg, an engaging piece extending from one end of the base and bent abruptly in an oblique upward direction in a manner folded over itself and adapted to make fast engagement with a hook on the lid, and a compression piece extending from the base to a great enough length to collide into the inner surface of the lid at the time that the lid is on the verge of complete closure.

Abstract: A deflectable unitary latch (10) of plastic material is disclosed for securing a pivoting window (12) or the like to a frame (14) having a striker member (28) thereon. The latch (10) has a base (30), a handle (32) and a spring-like arm (34) extending from the base (30), with the arm (34) having a proximal hinge portion (36), a support strut (38), a latch portion (40) and a press bar (42). The hinge portion (36) and the support strut (38) are constructed to allow the arm (34) to be deflected primarily about the hinge portion (36) as the press bar (42) is urged toward the handle (32) for release of the latch.

Abstract: In an aircraft having a pressure window mounted in the hull, an interior window assembly is removably mounted in an interior wall spaced from the hull. The interior window assembly is in register with the pressure window to enable occupants of the aircraft to view the outside. The interior wall has an opening formed therein to accept the interior window assembly and the portions of the wall surrounding the opening are biased toward the interior of the aircraft. The interior window assembly includes a windowpane mounted in a frame. The frame includes a flange that overlies the inboard surface of the portions of the wall surrounding the opening, and the bias of the wall portions is exerted on the flange. A constraint means is affixed to the hull of the aircraft and releasably engages the frame to constrain the frame from inboard movement. The bias force of the wall portions and the constraint means cooperate to hold the window in place.

Abstract: A shroud top vent grille is releasably retained or attached to the front fenders of a vehicle by a retainer means. The retainer means comprises a pair of headed weld studs welded to an inner wall of the fender a predetermined distance below its upper external surface and a one piece plastic retainer member which can be readily secured to the weld studs and which is adapted to releasably retain the shroud top vent grille in place and so that it is flush with the adjacent external fender while preventing rattling.

Abstract: A latch unit for releasably securing a plastic lid to a tank-like container or for releasably securing another covering over the container. The container may be the tank of an electric vacuum cleaner. There are a plurality of the latch units spaced along the edge of the lid or covering and engageable with a bead around the open end of the tank. Each latch unit includes a cage at the edge of the lid or of the covering and includes a latch element molded of resilient plastic material. One end of the latch element protrudes from the cage and is hand engageable for moving the element between releasing and holding positions. The other end of the element is provided with a hook that engages a cage formation to form a pivot for the element. A normally bowed intermediate section of the element connects opposite ends of the element, and is stressed to provide a biasing force that holds the element mounted to the cage.

Abstract: The latch body comprises a rectangular head-plate to which is attached a perpendicular frame. A flexible U-shaped strip extending from the base member of the frame is joined to or integral with a latch arm, the free end of which is provided with a locking lug. Operation of the latch is performed by introduction of the frame and latch arm within a locking recess of the unit and snap-action engagement of the locking lug beneath a shoulder of the recess.

Abstract: A three-piece fuse block assembly for an automotive vehicle comprises a bracket attached behind the front wall of the vehicle instrument panel, a fuse block hinged to the bracket for movement between a horizontally stored position and a vertically access position, and a manually operable latch attached to the fuse block for releasing the fuse block from the stored position and pulling it down to the access position.

Abstract: A substantially planar closure for a cabinet compartment is disclosed having two resiliently retractable pivot hinges disposed in cantilivered fashion approximately co-axial with the rear edge of the door. This closure can be deployed in a housing opening having a cross-sectional area approximately equal to the planar dimension of the door. A front edge of the door includes an integral retractable latch which can lockingly engage a catch receiving recess disposed on the housing. The latch mechanism is co-axial with the forward edge of the door. A support means integrally formed with the undersurface of the door, provides the rear portion of the closure panel with additional support.

Abstract: A simple latch assembly suitable for a lifting seat cushion in a motor vehicle comprises a latch member (9) in the form of a wire having two lobes (14, 15) each extending approximately in radial planes from a common axis (16). One lobe (14) engages a catch (2); the other (15) can be manipulated. The ends (10, 11) of the wire are fixed at spaced points (12, 13) so that rotation of either lobe (14, 15) about the common axis displaces the other and generates a restoring force in the loop biasing the lobes towards their original positions.

Abstract: A child-proof latch for preventing access by young children to drawers, cabinets and the like.

Abstract: A latch mechanism useful for belt buckles, door latches, etc., includes an endless member in the form of a frusto-conical or frusto-spherical band of spring-like material which can be snapped between two stable positions. In one position the rim of the band is disposed on one side of a reference plane defined by the outer rim; in the other position the inner rim is on the opposite side of that plane. An integral tongue projects from one rim of the band and is positionally slaved thereto to assume first and second orientations depending upon the band position. The band is secured to one of two members to be latched, the second member having a keeper for receiving the tongue and a portion of the band, precluding relative movement between the two members. A keeper surface abuts the distal edge of the tongue in one stable band position such that movement of the band out of the keeper is resisted by the abutting force of the surface applied longitudinally to the tongue.

Abstract: A detachable latch for a container is arranged to snap fit into a latch pocket and operate with minimal or no frictional interference in releasing a projecting bolt member from a closure position wherein it projects through a slot in the container cover. In a first embodiment, the base of the latch member abuts the pocket wall and is restrained from upward displacement by a wing-slot engagement. A retainer blade projects forwardly from the upper half of the latch to a location above a retainer shelf of the container body to preclude downward displacement of the latch. At least one nub projects upwardly from the shelf to provide minimal contact with the underside of the blade if the blade is inadvertently lowered into contact with the shelf. To open the container, the latch is flexed about its base by pushing the upper part of the latch into the pocket, thereby removing the bolt at the top of the latch from the cover slot.

Abstract: A quick opening latch arrangement for hinged vehicle windows in which the window opening that is defined by the vehicle side wall has a sash frame assembly hinged to the window framing at the top of the window opening, and the sash frame assembly along its lower rail is equipped with a latch and release bar hinged thereto for cooperation with a keeper bar in parallelism therewith that is adjustably mounted on the window frame sash subframe. The keeper bar is formed with an elongate bead of cylindrical configuration that is snap fitted in a similarly contoured socket formed in the latch and release bar, to latch the sash frame assembly in its closed position, with the latch assembly being arranged to effectively resist opening under pressures acting outwardly of the window and the sash assembly, while providing for quick release of the latch under a light manually applied pulling action on the latch and release bar.

Abstract: A molded plastic assembly for sliding screen closures employing a body made up of two separate parts which embrace the frame of a sliding screen closure and including an integral deflectable latching finger having an end portion which acts as a stop and which may be locked or unlocked by mere finger pressure against the deformable locking finger in order to engage or disengage from the door frame. The handle assembly employs the resilient characteristics of the material from which it is produced to provide the deflectable latching finger.