Patent ID: 6808214
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking apparatus for locking a moving body to a housing against an urging force applied to the moving body, comprising:a cam provided on one of the moving body and the housing, and having an engagement groove and a releasing groove, and a swivel body including a rotatable attachment part rotatably attached to the other of the moving body and the housing, a first arm connected to the attachment part and having a trace pin projecting outwardly therefrom and moving along the grooves, and a second arm connected to the attachment part at an angle of at least 90 degrees relative to the first arm to form a balancer for balancing the trace pin so that upon receiving a sudden load when the trace pin is in an engaging condition with the engagement groove, the trace pin is prevented from moving from the engagement groove to the releasing groove to thereby lock the moving body.