Patent ID: 6189852
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seating system for a vehicle, comprising:(i) a track adapted to be attached to a load area of a vehicle and defining an elongate longitudinally extending recess,(ii) a traveller member comprising an elongate truck received in the recess for longitudinal movement therealong and attached at a front region thereof to a front support of a seat and at a rear region thereof to a rear support of the seat,(iii) securing means for securing said traveller member in a desired position to prevent longitudinal movement of the seat attached to the traveller member relative to said track,(iv) longitudinally aligned bearings for the truck received in the recess and operative between the track and the truck to maintain said truck aligned in the recess to facilitate longitudinal motion of the truck and the seat fixed thereto along said track,said truck being at least as long as floor level spacing between said front and rear supports of the seat and being provided with an elongate track cooperating member comprising one or more elongate flanges provided on the truck and extending along substantially the whole length of the truck, said track being configured to provide an elongate longitudinal truck cooperating element for preventing the truck from lifting out of the recess, the arrangement being such that in the event of sudden acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, any longitudinal tipping of the seat forwards or backwards causes an upper surface portion of the elongate flanges of the truck to be urged against an adjacent underside portion of said truck cooperating element of said track, thereby forming an intimate contact therewith serving substantially to prevent unwanted longitudinal movement of the traveller member along the track during a crash.