Patent ID: 8398141
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seating arrangement for a vehicle comprising: a first slide rail mounted to a floor of the vehicle; a second slide rail mounted to the floor and offset laterally from the first slide rail; a multi-passenger seat mounted to the first slide rail and to the second slide rail for fore and aft movement of the multi-passenger seat in a longitudinal direction with respect to the floor, the multi-passenger seat including a cantilevered section extending from the second slide rail away from the first slide rail; a restraining device on the multi-passenger seat adjacent a lateral edge of the cantilevered section; and a restraining rail connected with the floor and offset laterally from the second slide rail on an opposite side of the second slide rail as the first slide rail, the restraining rail being positioned with respect to the multi-passenger seat to cooperate with the restraining device to limit at least one of lateral movement and upward vertical movement of the lateral edge of the cantilevered section with respect to the floor.