Patent ID: 8303034

Claim:
A seat assembly having a front and a back and adapted to be attached to a floor comprising, in combination: a seat base and a seat back attached to the seat base; a seat belt mechanism attached to the seat base and free of the floor; a blast mitigation device attached to the seat base and adapted to be secured to the floor, wherein the blast mitigation device has a crumple zone which absorbs energy in the event of a blast, wherein the blast mitigation device comprises a blast box including a rigid front wall, a deformable left wall, a deformable right wall and a deformable back wall; wherein the left wall, right wall and back wall are each formed as a pair of angled plates separated with a crease, and in the event of a blast the left walk right wall and bark wall each deform at the corresponding crease and wherein the rigid front wall does not have a crease and resists deformation; and a front impact dislocation resistance device mounted on the blast mitigation device with a pair of brackets, wherein the front impact dislocation resistance device acts to resist separation of the seat base from the blast mitigation device.