US 12,187,438 B2
Track locking system for an aircraft seat
Kyler J. Marutzky, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to AMI Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by AMI Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,437.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/391,998, filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025550 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0696 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A track locking system comprising:
a track lock, wherein the track lock comprises:
a base, wherein the base fits within a seat track and secures a seat to the seat track when one or more seat track feet are between a metered position;
a shaft, wherein the shaft is coupled to the base;
a locking hole; and
a confinement hole;
a through hole, wherein the through hole connects two opposite faces of a seat structure, wherein the shaft of the track lock is configured to fit within the through hole;
a locking cavity, wherein the locking cavity is cut through one or more faces of the seat structure other than the two opposite faces of the seat structure connected via the through hole;
one or more recesses, wherein the one or more recesses are on at least one of the one or more faces of the locking cavity, wherein a dimension of the one or more recesses is larger than a width of the locking cavity;
a locking member, wherein a first end of the locking member is configured to be secured by the one or more recesses and a second end of the locking member is configured to be secured by the locking hole, wherein the locking member and the locking hole mate via the locking cavity; and
a confinement member, wherein the confinement member is configured to be secured by the confinement hole via the through hole.