20110219605 | ANCHORAGE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES - A releasable anchorage device for securing seats to tracks in vehicle floors has an elongate body with a fixed, non-slidable downward protrusion at its front end, an actuating lever at its rear end, and sets of slidable securing feet movable relative to the protrusion by the lever operating via an actuating mechanism. The mechanism includes an elongate drive rod connecting the lever to a middle set or front set of the feet which have an anti-rattle mechanism to grip the track, such as by longitudinally-inclined upper surfaces thereon. A rear set of feet may also be slidable and can move together with the middle feet. The lever is easily accessible, being at the rear end, but operates to provide an anti-rattle engagement with the track at an intermediate point along the device, spaced from the rear end, where the prevention of rattling is particularly needed. | 09-15-2011 |