Uni-brace

Abstract

A uni-brace mechanism is provided which allows a vehicle seat to be attached to the vehicle seat slide adjusters made by various manufacturers. A front bracket and a rear bracket are spaced apart and attached to the underside of a vehicle seat. Each bracket includes two pairs of receiving holes, with each receiving hole having at least one corresponding engagement hole spaced apart from the receiving hole. The various engagement holes combined to form various generally rectangular patterns, spaced at distances to correspond to the bolt patterns found on vehicle seat slide adjusters. A pal nut is inserted into a receiving hole and into engagement with the proper corresponding engagement hole. Pal nut includes a hub with an internal thread which is positioned within the engagement hole. The bolt on the vehicle seat slide adjuster are threaded through the engagement hole and into the hub, attaching the vehicle seat slide adjuster to the bracket.

What is claimed: 
     
       1. A mechanism for attaching a vehicle seat to a pair of vehicle seat slide adjusters, which adjusters slide along rails attached to a vehicle floor to allow for longitudinal adjustment of the seat in a vehicle and wherein said mechanism provides a universal mount for vehicle seats for different vehicles that have different spacing between the rails and different spacing between mounting bolts on the slide adjusters, comprising: at least two bracket assemblies fixedly attached to a vehicle seat frame;   each of said at least two bracket assemblies having a plurality of receiving holes placed in a pattern therein,   wherein at least two of said plurality of receiving holes are spaced from one another in at least a longitudinal direction of the seal frame and wherein at least two of said plurality of said holes are also spaced from one another in a width direction of the seat frame;   at least two slide adjusters, one each for sliding along a respective one of the rails attached to the vehicle floors;   wherein each of said two slide adjusters have at least two spaced apart mounting bolt means for attaching the slide adjusters to the vehicle seat bracket means;   first means for mounting at least one of said two spaced apart mounting bolt means to one of said receiving holes in one of said at least two bracket assemblies;   second means for mounting the other of said at least one of said two spaced apart mounting bolt means to a receiving hole in another of said at least two bracket assemblies; and   wherein the pattern of receiving holes in said bracket assemblies can accommodate varying distances between mounting bolt means on a single slide adjuster and varying distances between rails.   
     
     
       2. The mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said first and second means for mounting includes a clip which engages said receiving hole. 
     
     
       3. The mechanism according to claim 1 wherein said clip is internally threaded. 
     
     
       4. The mechanism according to claim 1 wherein said clip is a pal nut. 
     
     
       5. The mechanism according to claim 2, wherein each of said bracket assemblies also includes a least one corresponding engagement hole spaced from said plurality of receiving holes and wherein a portion of said clip passes through said engagement hole. 
     
     
       6. The mechanism according to claim 2 wherein a portion of the clip passes through an engagement hole located in one of the at least two bracket assemblies. .Iadd. 
     
     
       7.  A mechanism for attaching a vehicle seat frame to a pair of vehicle seat slide adjusters, the slide adjusters being attachable to the seat frame, wherein the mechanism comprises: at least one bracket assembly attached to the vehicle seat frame;   wherein the bracket assembly includes at least two engagement hole patterns therein, each engagement hole pattern comprising four engagement holes defining a generally rectangular pattern, and wherein at least two of the engagement hole patterns have different length and width dimensions;   each of the slide adjusters having two mounting bolts secured to the slide adjusters; and   a clip which is engageable with an engagement hole and at least one of the mounting bolts to facilitate the attachment of the vehicle slide adjuster to the vehicle seat frame. .Iaddend..Iadd.   
     
     
       8.  The mechanism according to claim 7 wherein the bracket assembly includes at least one receiving means associated therewith. .Iaddend..Iadd.9. The mechanism according to claim 8 wherein the receiving 
     
     
        means includes a receiving hole. .Iaddend..Iadd.10.  The mechanism according to claim 9 wherein the receiving means includes a plurality of holes spaced in a generally rectangular pattern. .Iaddend..Iadd.11. The mechanism according to claim 7 wherein the receiving means includes a portion of the bracket assembly adjacent an exterior edge of the bracket assembly. .Iaddend.