Patent ID: 6460818
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B60N,B63B

Abstract:
An adjustable lockable tandem slide for a boat seat, comprising:a) a pair of elongated parallel laterally spaced first rigid members adapted for resting securely on a support surface; b) said first rigid members each having a pair of elongated parallel vertical side walls with inward facing slots along said side walls defining a horizontal track and having a bottom wall between said side walls; c) an elongated rigid strip extending upward from one of said side walls of one of said first members, said strip having a series of spaced apart detent openings; d) a pair of elongated parallel laterally spaced second rigid members, each of said second members having a pair of elongated parallel vertical side walls, a horizontal plate attached to the upper edges of the side walls for attachment to the underside of a boat seat, and lips extending horizontally outward from the bottom edges of said side walls, the lips of each of said second members slidably engaging the respective tracks in said first members, one of said side walls of one of said second members facing said elongated strip of said first member; e) a locking pin slidably resting in opposite facing holes in the side walls of said one of said second members; and f) a lever arm located between the side walls of said one of said second members, said lever arm having a handle end extending outward from one end of said one of said second members, said lever arm coupled to said locking pin to selectively move said locking pin out of engagement with the detent openings in said elongated strip when said handle end is moved laterally.