Patent ID: 8528860
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A tool-less track fastener for anchoring an aircraft seat to a track having spaced-apart access openings and a retaining slot interconnecting the spaced-apart access openings, comprising: (a) a main body for attaching to a leg of an aircraft seat; (b) a lock disk positioned within the main body and movable relative thereto and configured to engage within and spanning adjacent ones of the spaced-apart access openings; (c) a push rod positioned at least partially within the main body and adapted to impart movement of the lock disk; (d) a locking bracket carried by the main body and in engagement with the push rod and moveable between a first position in which the lock disk is free of interference with the selected one of the spaced-apart access openings and a second position in which the push rod imparts movement of the lock disk into engagement with the selected one of the spaced-apart access openings; and (e) a plurality of fixed track studs extending from the main body in the direction of the track, wherein the plurality of track studs engage an underside of the track when the locking bracket is in the second position such that the track is compressed between the lock disk and the plurality of track studs to prevent vertical and horizontal movement of the main body with respect to the track.