Patent ID: 8894153

Claim:
A lock device for locking a seat of a vehicle relative to a striker fixed to a vehicle body, comprising: a base plate having a striker receiving recess for receiving therein the striker; a latch plate rotatably connected to the base plate and having a striker catching recess for catching the striker, the latch plate being rotatable between a latch position to cause the striker catching recess to catch the striker and an unlatch position to cause the striker catching recess to release the striker; a lock plate rotatably connected to the base plate and rotatable between a lock position to cause the latch plate to be locked at the latch position and an unlock position to cause the latch plate to be unlocked; a cover member having a U-shaped flange formed thereon, the cover member covering one major surface of the base plate having the U-shaped flange neatly disposed on a peripheral edge of the striker receiving recess; pawls provided by the base plate, the pawls being depressed toward the cover member; recesses provided by the cover member for receiving the pawls respectively; and stoppers provided by respective walls of the recesses for preventing the pawls from being disengaged from the recesses.