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1. A seat lock apparatus comprising:
a body having a striker entering groove configured to receive a striker; a hook that is supported by the body so as to be movable from a restraining position, in which the hook is brought into engagement with the striker having been entered in the striker entering groove to restrain the striker, in a striker releasing direction for releasing the striker, wherein the hook is biased in a direction opposite to the striker releasing direction by a spring; and a guide lever that is supported by the body so as to be movable from an engagement position, in which the guide lever is brought into engagement with the hook having been moved in the striker releasing direction to hold the position of the hook, in a disengaging direction for being disengaged from the hook, wherein the guide lever is biased in a direction opposite to the disengaging direction by the spring, wherein the guide lever comprises:
a hook engagement portion configured to be brought into engagement with a guide engagement portion provided to the hook; anda striker abutment portion configured to be brought into abutment with the striker, wherein the hook and the guide lever are configured such that:
when the hook reaches a waiting position which lies further in the striker releasing direction than a releasing position for allowing the striker to be released, the guide lever moves to an engagement position, in which the guide engagement portion of the hook and the hook engagement portion of the guide lever are brought into engagement with each other so as to hold the hook in the waiting position; andwhen the striker abutment portion of the guide lever is pressed by the striker, the guide lever moves in the disengaging direction to cancel the engagement of the guide engagement portion of the hook with the hook engagement portion of the guide lever so as to enable the hook to restrain the striker and to make the guide lever to be held at a position where the guide lever reaches after the guide lever has moved in the disengaging direction, and wherein the guide lever comprises a halfway hook engagement portion configured to, when the hook is in a halfway position lying between the releasing position and the restraining position and the striker is not in a position where the striker can be restrained by the hook, bring into engagement with the guide engagement portion of the hook so as to hold the hook in the halfway position. |
