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A vehicle seat latch with a take-up mechanism for use in securing a removable bench seat to a vehicle. The bench seat being supported on laterally spaced pedestals which are engageable with support shafts in the floor structure of a vehicle. The rearward end of the pedestals include an elongated U-s

A vehicle seat latch with a take-up mechanism for use in securing a removable bench seat to a vehicle. The bench seat being supported on laterally spaced pedestals which are engageable with support shafts in the floor structure of a vehicle. The rearward end of the pedestals include an elongated U-shaped slot for engagement with the support shaft, the slots are elongated to accommodate variations in the vertical height of the support shafts in the vehicle floor. The latch take-up mechanism includes a take-up hook which is rotatable underneath the support shaft to engage the lower surface of the support shaft to prevent the bench seat from rocking forward during rapid deceleration of the vehicle.

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A latch for removably coupling a seat to a vehicle floor structure having a horizontal latching member disposed in said vehicle floor structure, said seat forming a generally vertical slot open at its lower end to enable said seat to be positioned on said latching member with said latching member re

A latch for removably coupling a seat to a vehicle floor structure having a horizontal latching member disposed in said vehicle floor structure, said seat forming a generally vertical slot open at its lower end to enable said seat to be positioned on said latching member with said latching member received in said slot, said latch comprising: at least one latch hook rotatably carried by said seat, said latch hook being operable to rotate beneath said latching member to a latched position in which said latch hook substantially closes the open end of said slot to entrap said latching member in said slot to couple said seat to said vehicle structure; take-up means operatively associated with said seat and rotatable into a position closing said slot open end and engaging the lower side of said latching member to prevent upward movement of said seat relative to said latching member; and bias means operatively associated with said latch hook and said take-up means for rotating said latch hook into said latched position and for moving said take-up means into said engaging position.