Patent ID: 7472951

Claim:
A transportation seating assembly comprising: a support frame; first and second seats supported on said support frame, said first and second seats including first and second seat backs respectively including first and second edges respectively, said first and second edges defining an upwardly opening slot that tapers from an upper portion to a lower portion, each of the first and second seat backs having a front and a rear; and a filler filling said lower portion of said slot to reduce the likelihood that objects will be caught in said slot, said filler including a front plate, a rear plate, and a rib interconnecting the front and rear plates, the front plate being adjacent the fronts of the first and second seat backs, the rear plate being adjacent the rears of the first and second seat backs, the rib being at least partially within the slot and between the first and second edges, the filler including a lower portion extending below the lower portion of the slot, the filler including attachments means for attaching the filler to the support frame.