Sliding lock mechanism for rotary seat assembly

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention, in accordance with one embodiment thereof, is incorporated in a rotary seat assembly comprising rails mounted on the floor of an automobile, a lower base having a lower surface to which leg portions are mounted in a slidable fitting relation with the rails, an upper base rotatably mounted on the lower base, and a seat mounted on the upper base, and comprises an operating means provided adjacent to the upper base and connected to a lock means to lock the sliding movement of the leg portions relative to the rails, wherein in the condition where the leg portions are locked by the lock means, the operating means and the lock means are rotatably connected to each other on the rotation centerline of the upper base.
Accordingly, it is possible to use regardless of the direction of the seat an operating lever positioned forward of the seat to lock the sliding movement of the seat.