Vehicle seat construction and method of making the same

Claim 1

In a longitudinally adjustable vehicle seat construction comprising a lower structural substantially rectangular seat frame means, a seat cushion means supported by said lower seat frame means, and upper slide means carried by said construction for sliding longitudinally on fixed lower slide means carried by a vehicle to thereby permit longitudinal adjustment of said seat construction in said vehicle, said upper slide means comprising a pair of spaced apart substantially parallel slide tracks that form a structural part of said lower structural seat frame means, each said slide track having a generally C-shaped cross-sectional configuration with a bight that faces said fixed lower slide means so as to receive said fixed lower slide means therein and being provided with a front end and a rear end, the improvement wherein said seat frame means comprises a front structural portion that has opposed ends respectively secured to said front ends of said slide tracks and extends in a forward direction beyond said front ends, said seat frame means comprising a rear structural portion that has opposed ends respectively secured to said rear ends of said slide tracks and extending in a rearward direction beyond said rear ends whereby said slide tracks define side portions of said seat frame means.