Sliding device for a vehicle seat

A sliding device for a vehicle seat, which sliding device comprises a pair of parallel slideways, each comprising a lower rail, an upper rail, that is slidably mounted to the lower rail, and a latch, which is arranged between the lower rail and the upper rail and selectively allows/prevents movement of the upper rail relative to the lower rail, wherein in a rest condition the latches of both parallel slideways are in a locking position, in which they prevent the movement of the upper rails relative to the lower rails, and wherein the sliding device comprises a releasing member for driving the latches to an unlocking position in which they allow the movement of the upper rails relative to the lower rails, wherein the releasing member is made as a “U”-shaped releasing handle comprising a middle gripping portion and two substantially parallel arms, wherein each of the latches comprises a front portion and a rear portion joined by an intermediate portion, wherein the front portion of each latch is fixed to a respective one of the upper rails and the rear portion of each latch is bent into a “U” shape comprising a lower leg and un upper leg, joined by a curved, vertically oriented section, wherein latching elements configured to cooperate with corresponding latching elements provided in respective lower rails are provided in the lower legs of the rear portions of the latches, and wherein the lower legs of the rear portions of the latches comprise a prolongation extending towards the intermediate portions of the latches and carrying an upwardly projecting rib and wherein the bottom surfaces of the arms of the releasing handle are provided with a groove into which the upwardly projecting rib of a respective one of the latches is arranged to penetrate.