Patent ID: 8616631

Claim:
A passenger seat comprising: (a) a seat frame comprising at least one coupling projection; and (b) a seat pan assembly comprising: (i) a seat pan; (ii) a pan frame comprising at least one coupling location and a locking location spaced apart from the at least one coupling location by a distance; (iii) at least one coupling retainer comprising a main body having at least one slotted hole, wherein a length of the at least one slotted hole is at least as long as the distance between the locking location and the at least one coupling location, and a lip located below the main body, wherein the at least one slotted hole is slidingly coupled to the at least one coupling location; and (iv) a locking device configured to be inserted through the locking location in the pan frame and the at least one slotted hole in the at least one coupling retainer; wherein insertion of the locking device is configured to retain at least a portion of the lip below the at least one coupling projection so that the seat pan assembly is allowed to slide forward and aft but prevented from rotating away from the seat frame.