Patent ID: 8251623

Claim:
A system for fixing a seat in an aircraft comprising: a base ( 2 ) connected to the seat and associated with a slide ( 3 ) movable therein, the base and the slide being equipped with means ( 4 , 5 ) for hooking into a fixing rail of the aircraft, by movement of the slide ( 3 ) between a position for assembly and disassembly and a position for hooking the system into the rail, by means of an operating lever ( 6 ) articulated on the base and the slide by articulation rods ( 7 , 8 ), the operating lever ( 6 ) being movable between a retracted position for assembly and disassembly and an active position for fixing the seat to the aircraft, wherein a hook-shaped member ( 9 ) on the lever ( 6 ) co-operate with a retainer for retaining the lever in a locked position, the hook-shaped member is provided at one end of a resilient locking member ( 11 ), the other end of the resilient locking member is associated with the base, the resilient locking member ( 11 ) is also associated with unlocking means ( 12 ) comprising cam means ( 22 ) rotatably mounted in the base and capable of being actuated so as to move the resilient member to a position that releases the hook-shaped member, wherein the resilient member ( 11 ) has a recumbent V shape of which one end includes a retaining member and an other end includes pierced lateral lugs ( 18 , 19 ) configured to engage around the rod ( 7 ) for articulation of the lever ( 6 ) on the base ( 2 ) in order to connect the resilient member to the base.