Safety seat track construction

Claim 1

A simplified safety seat construction for two-way adjustment comprising a longitudinally extending track fixedly secured to the floor of a vehicle, said track having laterally outwardly extending flanges spaced above the vehicle floor, an elongated seat supporting slide movable longitudinally along said track, seat belts secured to said slide adjacent the rear thereof, said slide being of inverted channel shape having a top wall and depending side walls terminating at the bottom edges thereof in inwardly facing confronting flange receiving channels, low friction slide bearings in said channels surrounding the outer edges of said flanges, a seat, detachable fasteners fixing said seat to said slide adjacent the front and rear ends thereof carried by said slide, and a safety strap of inverted channelshape fixedly secured to the floor of the vehicle adjacent the rear end of said track and extending transversely over said slide, said strap having a top section spaced slightly above the top wall of said slide intermediate said fasteners, and effective to limit upward movement of said slide from forces transmitted to said slide in the event of collision and to prevent bending of said flanges and the bottom walls of the channels at the lower edges of the side walls of said slide and thus to prevent separation of said slide from said track.