Patent ID: 8894107

Claim:
A lock apparatus comprising: a hook lever configured to be brought into engagement with a striker which enters as far as a deep side in an entering direction of the striker to hold the striker by moving from an opening position to an engagement position while being guided by a hook shaft that is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker; and a guide lever configured to be guided by a guide shaft, which is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker, in a state where the guide lever is partially overlapped on the hook lever, and to be biased from the deep side to an entrance side in the entering direction of the striker so as to restrict the movement of the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position, wherein the guide lever is configured to, upon being pressed against by the striker when the striker enters as far as the deep side in the entering direction thereof, move the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position; wherein the guide shaft is the same shaft as the hook shaft.