Patent ID: 8820697

Claim:
A catching system for fastening an aircraft seat to a rail in an aircraft, the system comprising: a base for positioning the catching system within the rail; a handling lever rotatably connected to the base, the handling lever being movable to position the catching system in a locked position or an unlocked position within the rail; and a locking assembly that comprises a retaining means and a latch means that cooperates with the retaining means to position the catching system in the locked position, the retaining means being supported by the base and the latch means being supported by the handling lever, the latch means being rotatably connected to a hinge pin extending perpendicularly thereto, the locking assembly further comprising an elastic member that stresses the latch means toward the retaining means and a bearing on a side of the latch means zone for receiving a cam-shaped portion, the locking assembly further including a quarter turn means to unlock the locking assembly located within the handling lever, the quarter turn means comprising: a rotatable disengaging pin that includes the cam-shaped portion at a bottom face that engages the bearing zone to release the latch means from the retaining means and unlock the catching system, wherein the disengaging pin further includes a cavity positioned on an upper face of the disengaging pin and accessible from a top of the handling lever for receiving a tool that is operable to rotate the disengaging pin to unlock the catching system.