Patents Examined by Richard Moore
  • Slide bolt latch for sliding window vent
    Patent number: 3997200
    Abstract: A latch has a slide bolt for sliding along a guideway in a sliding window vent in a window frame and has a handle unit interfitting with the slide bolt. This handle unit is formed with a leaf spring engaging the back wall of the guideway to urge the handle unit forwardly so that when the slide bolt registers with an aperture in the window frame, a portion of the handle unit fits into a stop recess at the mouth of the guideway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Assignee: Belknap Glass Company
    Inventor: Roscoe M. Brown