Patent ID: 7954873

Claim:
A lock structure for a stowable vehicle seat comprising: a seat body; a striker supported by and coupled to the seat body; a lock device that engages the striker when the seat body is moved from a seating position to a stowed position; an operation mechanism provided between the striker and an inner portion of the seat body configured to rotate the striker; and a deformation allowing mechanism for allowing forward and reverse rotation of the striker; wherein when the seat body is in the seating position, the striker is held at a lowered position along a shape of the seat body, wherein when the seat body is moved to the stowed position, the striker is raised to and held at a rotated and raised position from the lowered position, wherein when the operation mechanism is actuated, the seat body is moved to the stowed position such that the striker engages and locks to the lock device, and wherein the deformation allowing mechanism includes: a coupling section that is coupled to and rotatably supports the striker, and that is operably connected to the operation mechanism, and an elastic body configured to hold the rotated and raised position of the striker and to allow the forward and reverse rotation of the striker.