Patent ID: 7182373

Claim:
A side lock apparatus for an opening and closing member comprising: a support member fixed to a the opening and closing member so that the opening and closing member can be opened and closed; left and right latches movably held on the opening and closing member; a spring unit; and a link lever, wherein the left and right latches are urged by a pressure of the spring unit toward a lock hole formed in the support member, a free end portion of the latches being moved back from the lock hole of the support member against the spring unit by an operation of an operating handle; wherein the left and right latches are operatively connected together via the link lever supported rotatably via a shaft on the opening and closing member, wherein the operating handle is provided with an operating portion engageable with a relative latch of said left and right latches, wherein at least one of said left and right latches is provided with two contact surfaces, and an operating portion of the operating handle is engageable with one of the two contact surfaces.