Device for displaying a height position and /or a load of a vehicle seat

The indicator device has a seat plate, a base device (4) and a spring device between them, with at least one indicator element (12) for a scale element connected to the seat plate. The indicator element is connected to the first upper end (18) of a one-piece rod-form plastic element, which includes at least one flexible region (17). The other end can turn on the base device.