Unique Window Latch

[Jerry Simon]

A new one for me; 1950 era window latch.   Allows for latching while sash is partially raised.

[Les]

Pretty nifty!  Ironically, I first saw ne of these a million years ago in Oak Park, Il.  Then again in Austin, Il

I have never seen one in Michigan. 

[Jim Katen]

It's cool looking, but what's the point? A properly balanced sash should stay wherever you put it anyway. As far as security goes, once you lift up the sash more than an inch or so, anyone can just stick a finger in there and unlatch it. 

 

[Jerry Simon]

Child safety feature, I imagine.

[Jim Katen]

Who was it on this forum that posted a picture of his mother, as a toddler, sitting on a 2nd floor windowsill with her feet dangling from the sill? 

 

[Rob Amaral]

Isn't that the famous "Dubrovnik" latch designed by Ygeny Dubrovnik (after he left the Comintern Window Plant in Ubetyuras?)

 

[Jim Katen]

It might have been the latch that allowed him to escape I mean, leave, the plant. 

[Jim Baird]

On 12/17/2020 at 11:48 AM, Rob Amaral said:

Isn't that the famous "Dubrovnik" latch designed by Ygeny Dubrovnik (after he left the Comintern Window Plant in Ubetyuras?)

Looks like the Ruskies have now hacked TIJ!

[Rob Amaral]

That's.. right.. he did not escape.. he 'disapparated'..

[jamifids]

On 12/13/2020 at 12:05 AM, Jerry Simon said:

A new one for me; 1950 era window latch.   Allows for latching while sash is partially raised.

 

An interesting accessory of yesteryear. It is very interesting that even back then they developed such a protective mechanism for windows. 

Edited September 20, 2021 by jamifids

[Marc]

When it's latched in an open position, what's keeping someone from sticking their hand inside and unlatching it?

Edited September 20, 2021 by Marc

[jamifids]

I realized that the latch is located on the inside and you can't reach it by hand from the outside.

[Marc]

44 minutes ago, jamifids said:

I realized that the latch is located on the inside and you can't reach it by hand from the outside.

Yeah, sure, but what about when the latch is engaged with the window in a slightly open position? This latch can do that.

[Howard L. Rennie]

Yes. I also have the same opinion.