Patent ID: 9266501
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60N,B60R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A seat lock device comprising: a lock body including a plate formed with a left channel cutout and a right channel cutout, the left channel cutout and the right channel cutout each having an elongated shape configured to allow the lock body to fit closely about a seat bracket of a left-hand third row seat and a seat bracket of a right-hand third row seat clamped to a floorboard of a sport utility vehicle, the left channel cutout and the right channel cutout formed in the lock body defining a left arm, a center body portion, and a right arm of the lock body, each of the left arm, the center body portion, and the right arm including a series of coaxial bores; and a pin assembly including a pin configured to be insertable through the series of coaxial bores of the lock body as well as through a pre-existing opening formed in each of the seat brackets when the lock body is arranged about the seat brackets thereby preventing the seat brackets from releasing from the floorboard of the sport utility vehicle.