Latch/unlatch indicator for vehicle seat-to floor latch mechanism

In a riser support assembly for supporting a portion of a cushioned seat structure of a vehicle seat for use in a vehicle including floor means having upwardly facing surface means, said floor means having wells extending below said upwardly facing surface means and anchor members extending across said wells in a position one of above and below said upwardly facing surface means, said riser support assembly including rigid support structure constructed and arranged to be mounted to a portion of the seat structure and having downwardly facing surface means for engaging the anchor members of the vehicle floor means;

• hook members mounted on said rigid support structure for movement via actuating structure between (1) an operative position extending below the downwardly facing surface means so as to enter the wells and engage in hooked relationship with the anchor members so as to detachably fixedly retain the rigid support structure and the portion of the seat structure when mounted thereon in a fixed operative position on said floor means with said anchor members and said downwardly facing surface means in engagement and (2) an inoperative position disposed above the operative position thereof so as to enable the rigid support structure and the portion of the seat structure when mounted thereon to be moved relatively over said floor means;
• and wheel members mounted on the rigid support structure for movement between (1) an operative position extending below the downwardly facing surface means of the rigid support structure and the hook members when in the inoperative position thereof so as to enable the rigid support structure and the portion of the seat structure when mounted thereon to be rolled in wheel member supported relation over the upwardly facing surface means of the vehicle floor means and (2) an inoperative position disposed above the operative position thereof, said actuating structure being constructed and arranged to move said hook members between the operative and inoperative positions thereof and includes a manually releasable locking mechanism constructed and arranged to selectively lock said hook members in one of the operative and inoperative positions thereof, the improvement comprising:
• indicating structure operatively associated with said locking mechanism and movable between a first position providing visual indication that said locking mechanism and said hook members are disposed in a fully locked position and a second position providing visual indication that said locking mechanism and said hook members are in a position other than a fully locked position.

In an easily removable vehicle seat for use with a vehicle including floor means having upwardly facing surface means, said floor means having wells extending below said upwardly facing surface means and anchor members extending across said wells in a position one of above and below said upwardly facing surface means, said vehicle seat comprising a pair of rigid support structures disposed on opposite ends of said vehicle seat and having downwardly facing surface means for engaging the anchor members of the vehicle floor means, a cushioned seat structure on said pair of rigid support structures, hook members mounted on each of said pair of rigid support structures for movement via actuating structure between (1) an operative position extending below the downwardly facing surface means of the associated rigid support structure so as to enter the wells and engage in hooked relationship with the anchor members so as to detachably fixedly retain the associated rigid support structure and hence the cushioned seat structure on said pair of rigid support structures in a fixed operative position on said floor means with said anchor members and said downwardly facing surface means in engagement and (2) an inoperative position disposed above the operative position thereof so as to enable the associated rigid support structure to be moved relatively over said floor means, and wheel members mounted on each of said pair of rigid support structures for movement between (1) an operative position extending below the downwardly facing surface means of the associated rigid support structure and the associated hook members when in the inoperative position thereof so as to enable the associated rigid support structure and hence the cushioned seat structure on said pair of rigid support structures to be rolled in wheel member supported relation over the upwardly facing surface means of the vehicle floor means and (2) an inoperative position disposed above the operative position thereof, said actuating structure being mounted on each of said pair of rigid support structures and constructed and arranged to move said hook members between the operative and inoperative positions thereof, each said actuating structure including a manually releasable locking mechanism constructed and arranged to selectively lock associated hook members in one of the operative and inoperative positions thereof, the improvement comprising:

• indicating structure operatively associated with each said locking mechanism and movable between a first position providing visual indication that said locking mechanism and said hook members are disposed in a fully locked position and a second position providing visual indication that said locking mechanism and said hook members are in a position other than a fully locked position.