Patent ID: 7861996

Claim:
An adapter device for securing an aircraft passenger seat to an aircraft fuselage seat track of the type having a channel, a plurality of spaced access regions and a plurality of retaining regions located between adjacent access regions, the adapter device comprising: a main body portion configured to be received within a channel of the seat track and having at least one threaded screw hole, a fork-shaped part which projects outwardly from one end of the main body portion and defines an arcuate engagement region, at least one opposed pair of tabs protruding outwardly from the main body portion, the tabs being configured to be received by a selected one of the access regions to allow for movement of the main body portion within the channel so that the tabs may be positioned in retaining engagement with a selected one of the retaining regions, and at least one retaining disc having a head portion and a screw portion, wherein the screw portion is threadably engageable with the screw hole of the main body portion, and wherein the head portion is sized so as to be received within one of the access regions when the screw portion is threadably engaged with the screw hole to thereby positionally retain the adapter device relative to the seat track.