jmattis@attglobal.net wrote:
>> 1. that's a caprice.
>> 2. it was more likely fatigue rather than static load.
>
> Static? I'll give you static. Everybody wants to sound like an
> engineer. ; ^ )
>
> It was bent up steel caused by seat supports being pushed past their
> elastic limit.
>
it could well be, but did you dissect the seat to check? most collapsed
seats i've seen have been through fatigue, not static overload.