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A tandem rod for use between locking ends of locking handles on a casement window or the like has an elongated bar with two or more brackets slidable thereon. The bar does not have any pre-existing openings by which the brackets can be affixed to the bar. The potential sites for affixing the first b

A tandem rod for use between locking ends of locking handles on a casement window or the like has an elongated bar with two or more brackets slidable thereon. The bar does not have any pre-existing openings by which the brackets can be affixed to the bar. The potential sites for affixing the first bracket onto the bar are infinite. The locking handles can be installed in a window first at any desired location and the tandem rod can then be fitted to the existing location of the locking handles. The tandem rod overcomes the difficulty of installation of previous tandem rods in which the locking handles must be located at pre-determined locations in the bar.

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A tandem rod for use between locking ends of locking handles on a casement window or the like so that all of said handles move simultaneously with the movement of any one handle, said locking ends having suitable openings therein said tandem rod comprising an elongated bar having two ends with at le

A tandem rod for use between locking ends of locking handles on a casement window or the like so that all of said handles move simultaneously with the movement of any one handle, said locking ends having suitable openings therein said tandem rod comprising an elongated bar having two ends with at least two brackets, being a first bracket and a second bracket, located thereon, there being a plurality of brackets for a plurality of locking handles for said window, said brackets and said bar having corresponding male and female shapes thereon so that the brackets can slide to any desirable location along the bar but cannot be removed therefrom except at said ends, a screw, each bracket having a passageway being shaped to receive said screw, and in a final assembled state said screw passes through a suitable opening in the locking end of one of said locking handles, through said passageway and being fixedly and penetratingly secured in said bar at a location thereon, thereby interconnecting said locking handle, bracket and bar and affixing said bracket at a particular location on said bar, the bracket no longer being slidable relative to said bar, the locking handle being able to pivot about said screw, one bracket and one locking handle being affixed to said bar at each location of a locking handle, the location of the locking handle determining the location of the affixed bracket, there being no pre-existing openings in said bar to receive said screw prior to the penetration of a screw for a particular bracket, potential sites for affixing the first bracket to said bar being infinite before said final assembled state, potential sites for affixing the second bracket to said bar being infinite except for the location of said first bracket.