Assemblies and methods for securing an element to an aircraft seat track break

An assembly for securing an element to an aircraft seat track of the type having a channel, a plurality of spaced access regions and a plurality of retaining regions located between adjacent access regions, the assembly comprising:

• forward and rearward adapter devices for securing the aircraft passenger seat to the seat track, wherein
• each of the forward and rearward adapter devices includes an elongate body portion configured to be received within the channel of the seat track, the body portion having an arcuate engagement region at one end thereof, and at least one opposed pair of tabs protruding outwardly from the body portion, the tabs being configured to be received by a selected one of the access regions to allow for movement of the elongate body portion within the channel so that the tabs may be positioned in retaining engagement with a selected one of the retaining regions, and wherein
• the forward and rearward adapter devices are positionable within the channel of the seat track such that the arcuate engagement regions thereof are in opposition to one another and in engagement with the element to be secured to the seat track.