Detachable anchoring device for a seat assembly
AssigneeShelby Williams Industries, Inc.
InventorPeter Barile, Sr.
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Abstract
A detachable anchoring device for a seat assembly which is attached through a support member to a substantially planar sled support base having a quick release connector assembly capable of releasably connecting the planar base in a desired position with respect to a fixed station. The quick release connector assembly includes a bracket connected to a machine or service counter and a connecting member for releasably connecting a first portion of the planar base to the bracket, the planar base remaining substantially in contact with a portion of a planar floor surface during connecting to the bracket. Locking means may be included to prevent inadvertent disengagement of the anchoring device.
Claims17
In a detachable anchoring device for a seat assembly vertically oriented on a substantially planar support base, a quick release connector assembly for releasably connecting the planar base in a desired position with respect to a fixed station such as a machine or the like comprising:
- bracket means connected to said station, said bracket means including a flange having at least first and second legs, said second leg extending outwardly from said machine or service counter and having a predetermined length, said first leg connected perpendicular to said second leg to form a channel facing a planar floor surface supporting said station;
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- connecting means for releasably connecting a first portion of said planar base within said channel for connection to said bracket means, said entire planar base remaining substantially in contact with a portion of the planar floor surface supporting said station during connection of said connecting means to said bracket means.
A seat assembly adapted to be releasably installed in a selective location relative to a fixed station ,such as a machine or the like, said assembly comprising:
- a. a seat and a standard, said standard being oriented vertically and said seat being supported on the upper end of said standard;
- b. a planar sled or support base having said standard secured thereon;
- c. a detachable anchoring assembly for installing the seat assembly in said selective location including cooperating bracket and connecting means for releasably connecting said seat assembly in said location;
- d. said bracket means adapted to be installed on said station;
- e. said connecting means being secured at an extremity of said base;
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- f. said bracket means and connecting means having cooperating tongue and grove formations adapted to be releasably engaged and disengaged by a linear displacement movement one relative to the other.
A seat assembly having a detachable anchoring device including a quick release connector assembly for releasably securing a substantially planar sled support base of the chair at a desired position with respect to a fixed station, the quick release connector assembly comprising:
- an upturned edge positioned on a first portion of said planar base;
- bracket means connected to at least one of a machine or service counter, said bracket means including a flange having first, second and third leg members, said third leg member being connected to said machine or service counter, said second leg member extending outwardly from said third leg and said first leg member extending substantially perpendicular from said second leg member toward said planar floor surface to form a channel facing said planar floor surface, said first leg member having at least one cut out portion therethrough and said channel capable of accepting said upturned edge portion of said planar base therein;
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- spring means within said channel for providing resilient retaining of said upturned edge portion within said channel so that said planar base can be slid along said planar surface in a first direction substantially perpendicular to said channel, said upturned edge portion can be inserted through said cut out and then moved along the length of said channel for engagement with said spring means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.