Chair clamp and restraint
AssigneeAMI Industries, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Bengtsson
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Abstract
A device for mounting chairs relative to the floor mounting tracks or rails in railroad dining cars and aircarft and the like so as to permit sliding movement of the chairs but restrains them from being dislodged and upset in the event of accidents or sudden stops. This device includes a bracket anchored to a floor rail and spanning & clampingly engaging the lower leg portions of a chair so that the latter may slide fore and aft relative to the bracket and rail and yet be restrained against other movements.
Claims4
In combination with a chair having legs and leg frame members, said frame members connecting the front and rear legs, and a mounting track on a mounting surface for said chair, of a chair mounting bracket extending at right angles to said track and spans said leg frame members, said bracket including a generally flat midsection, generally inverted U-shaped clamp means at opposing ends of said bracket, apertured means in said midsection, and bolt means anchored in said track received in said apertured means, said clamp means fitting over and interengaging with said leg frame members whereby said chair is slidably adjustable relative to said bracket and track during reciprocable movement of said chair but restrained from other movements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.