Releasable anchor for vehicle seats

• US 4,895,338 A
• Filed: 12/27/1988
• Issued: 01/23/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andrew Froutzis
• Original Assignee: Andrew Froutzis
• Inventors: Froutzis, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Britts, Ramon S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chotkowski, Karen J.
• Application Number:
  US07/291,217
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: 248/503.1, 248/74.1, 248/74.4, 248/231.5, 248/231.6
• US Class Current: 248/503.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/01516 with locking mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/10 using pivoting jaws

Abstract

An anchor for releasably securing a seat to the floor of a vehicle. The anchor includes a base having spaced channels and an anchor member having a channel part and guide aligned with the base member channels to house the seat tubular frame and provide support against upward relative movement of the base and anchor.

Claims

1. A bracket for releasably securing a piece of furniture to a vehicle floor, said bracket comprising a base member, means for securing said base member to a vehicle floor, said base member defining a first channel for cradling a depending elongated support tube from a piece of furniture, said base member further defining a second channel generally paralleling said first channel, a depending guide slidably fitted in said second channel, said guide slidable along a longitudinal direction with respect to said elongated support tube and base member, and an anchor member defining a channel part aligned with said first channel to encompass said support tube, said anchor member further including a flange extending from said channel part away from said guide, means extending through said flange into said base member for releasably securing the anchor member to the base member to clamp said support tube therebetween.

2. The bracket of claim 1 wherein said second channel has outwardly tapering walls, said guide having outwardly tapering side walls to restrict upward movement of the guide relative to the base member.