Patent ID: 8882037

Claim:
A system for fastening a seat, comprising: a seat base ( 2 ); hooking means on said seat base, the hooking means for hooking said seat base on a portion of an aircraft ( 4 ), the portion of the aircraft ( 4 ) including i) a first opening ( 8 , 9 ) and a hooking shoulder ( 10 , 11 ) located at the first opening ( 8 , 9 ), and ii) a second opening located spaced apart from said first opening, where each opening is separate and discrete, which hooking means is movable between i) a retracted assembly/disassembly position for the assembly/disassembly of the seat and ii) an active hooking position on the portion of the aircraft ( 4 ), wherein the hooking means comprise at least one hook-shaped heel ( 6 , 7 ) adapted to be engaged in the first opening ( 8 , 9 ) and to be engaged by movement of the base ( 2 ), under the hooking shoulder ( 10 , 11 ); locking means for locking said hooking means in the active hooking position, wherein the locking means comprise pin-shaped locking means ( 12 ) borne by the base ( 2 ) and movable within a well of the base between a retracted unlocking position in said base ( 2 ) and an active locking position with said pin-shaped locking means protruding from said base into the second opening ( 14 ); and a lever ( 16 ), operable by an assembly operator, that moves the pin-shaped locking means ( 12 ) between i) the retracted unlocking position, and ii) the active locking position with the pin-shaped locking means ( 12 ) locking the hooking means in place engaged under the hooking shoulder ( 9 , 10 ) in the active hooking position, wherein the lever ( 16 ) includes i) a first end ( 17 ) articulated on the base ( 2 ), ii) a second end ( 18 ) provided with disengageable locking means ( 19 ) for locking the lever ( 16 ) in the active locking position, and iii) an intermediate portion hingedly attached on one end of the pin-shaped locking means ( 12 ), the intermediate portion being situated between the first end ( 17 ) and the second end ( 18 ), and wherein the pin-shaped locking means ( 12 ) is movable between the retracted unlocking position and the active locking position by the intermediate portion of the lever ( 16 ).