Patent ID: 6065422
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
In a mounting system for selectively attaching a boat seat to a seat mounting rail defining one of a pair of complementary male and female connectors, or to a pedestal support, wherein the mounting system includes a seat mounting plate on the bottom of the seat having opposed sides and leading and trailing edges, a clip on the leading edges of the seat mounting plate defining the other of the pair of complementary male and female connectors and being removably engageable with the seat mounting rail connector to selectively secure the seat to the seat mounting rail in a first position on the boat, the improvement which comprises a pedestal mounting plate adapted to be removably attached to the seat mounting plate, said pedestal mounting plate including a top, a bottom, opposed sides and leading and trailing edges, a pedestal mounting plate rail on said leading edges of said pedestal mounting plate, said pedestal mounting plate rail defining a connector having a configuration substantially the same as the seat mounting rail connector, a catch resiliently carried by said trailing edges of said pedestal mounting plate for engaging the trailing edges of the seat mounting plate to removably secure said pedestal mounting plate to the seat mounting plate when the clip on the seat mounting plate is engaged with said pedestal mounting plate rail, and a pedestal element carried by said bottom of said pedestal mounting plate for removable engagement in the pedestal support to selectively secure the seat to the pedestal support in a second position on the boat.