Abstract: A seat lock device and method for preventing the unauthorized removal and theft of seats are provided. The seat lock device can include a lock body configured to straddle a seat bracket of at least one of a left-hand third row seat and a right-hand third row seat which can be clamped to a floorboard of a vehicle. The lock body can include a series of coaxial bores. A pin assembly can include a pin configured to be inserted through the series of coaxial bores of the lock body. The pin can also be extendable through a pre-existing hole formed in the at least one seat bracket thereby preventing the at least one seat bracket from releasing from the floorboard of the vehicle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 2013
Date of Patent:
February 23, 2016
Assignee:
Bean Brothers LLC
Inventors:
Hunter James Swindell, Jesse Kennedy Swindell, Brian Patrick Verhalen, Matthew Gerard Verhalen
Abstract: A seat lock device and method for preventing the unauthorized removal and theft of seats are provided. The seat lock device can include a lock body configured to straddle a seat bracket of at least one of a left-hand third row seat and a right-hand third row seat which can be clamped to a floorboard of a vehicle. The lock body can include a series of coaxial bores. A pin assembly can include a pin configured to be inserted through the series of coaxial bores of the lock body. The pin can also be extendable through a pre-existing hole formed in the at least one seat bracket thereby preventing the at least one seat bracket from releasing from the floorboard of the vehicle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 8, 2013
Publication date:
February 20, 2014
Applicant:
Bean Brothers, LLC
Inventors:
Hunter James Swindell, Jesse Kennedy Swindell, Brian Patrick Verhalen, Matthew Gerard Verhalen