Patent ID: 8496220

Claim:
A system for fixing a seat, the system comprising: a base ( 2 ) which is associated with the rest of the seat and which has means ( 3 ) for attaching the seat to the rest of the aircraft, which means are movable between a retracted position for fitting/dismantling the seat and an active position for attachment of the seat, by way of an operating lever ( 4 ) which is movable between a retracted fitting/dismantling position and an active position for blocking the attachment means in position and one end ( 5 ) of which has means ( 6 ) for articulation with the base ( 2 ) and the other end ( 7 ) of which has disengageable means ( 8 ) for locking in the active blocking position, wherein the locking means ( 8 ) comprises a catch ( 9 ) which is carried by one of the lever or the base, and is configured to cooperate, in the active position, with holding means ( 10 ) of the other of the base ( 2 ) or the lever ( 4 ), in order to lock the lever in the active position, the catch ( 9 ) being resiliently deformable in order to allow the catch ( 9 ) to pass over the holding means ( 10 ) and engage in the locking position therewith and to be freed from the holding means ( 10 ) under the action of rotary operating means ( 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ) at the time of their disengagement therefrom, wherein the catch ( 9 ) is in the form of a resilient strip ( 11 ) which has at one end folded-back fixing wings ( 13 , 14 ) provided with holes ( 15 , 16 ) for the passage of a rod ( 17 ) for fixing the strip to the corresponding member.