Seat safety bar
First Claim
1. In combination with a seat assembly including a base member, a platform, connecting means mounting the platform on the base for fore-and-aft movement between front and rear extreme positions relative to the base member and a seat cushion secured to the platform, a safety device for preventing separation of the platform from the base member in the event of failure of the connecting means, comprising;
- said base member including a pair of parallel transversely spaced fore-and-aft extending guide slots;
an elongate single rigid member having opposite end portions respectively received in the pair of guide slots and secured to said platform.
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Abstract
A seat structure includes a seat cushion supporting frame connected to a platform by suspension linkage permitting vertical movement of the seat relative to the platform, the platform in turn being connected to a base through means of guide track and latch means for permitting selected fore-and-aft adjustment of the platform relative to the base member. A U-shaped safety bar is disposed such that opposite vertical legs thereof extend upwardly through fore-and-aft extending openings in a horizontal plate member of the platform, the upper ends of the legs of the safety bar being fixed to the platform so that the safety bar is carried therewith during fore-and-aft adjustment of the platform.
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1. In combination with a seat assembly including a base member, a platform, connecting means mounting the platform on the base for fore-and-aft movement between front and rear extreme positions relative to the base member and a seat cushion secured to the platform, a safety device for preventing separation of the platform from the base member in the event of failure of the connecting means, comprising;
- said base member including a pair of parallel transversely spaced fore-and-aft extending guide slots;
an elongate single rigid member having opposite end portions respectively received in the pair of guide slots and secured to said platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- said base member including a pair of parallel transversely spaced fore-and-aft extending guide slots;
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