Anchoring device for a vehicle seat that can be installed and removed without the use of tools

Abstract

An anchoring device for a seat that can be installed and removed inside a vehicle without the use of tools has at least one locking unit (2, 4) with a first functional part attached in stationary fashion to the vehicle, and a second functional part attached to the seat, the functional parts being constituted on the one hand by an undercut extension element (14) and on the other hand by a receiving part (16) having a locking receptacle (18), in such a way that for mounting, the seat can be inserted in a direction approximately perpendicular to a seat base plane (10) and is then displaceable parallel to the seat base plane (10) into a detent position. In the detent position, the extension element (14) sits in the locking receptacle (18) in a manner secured against perpendicular relative motions. For releasable retention of the functional parts in the detent position, the receiving part (16) has assigned to it a catch element (20, 22) which is pivotable about an axis (24, 26) that is generally perpendicular to the seat base plane (10) and has a retention segment (28) with which it fits around the extension element (14) in a retention position and retains it against rearward shifting out of the detent position. The catch element (20, 22) is joined to an actuation device (30), and configured in the region of the retention segment (28), in such a way that after perpendicular insertion, the seat is constrainedly displaceable by means of the actuation device (30) into the detent position, by the fact that the catch element (20, 22) grasps the extension element (14) and, upon pivoting, pulls the functional parts into the detent position.

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