Patent ID: 8226169

Claim:
A lock for a vehicle seat, which lock, in a locked state, interacts with a counter element, the lock comprising: a latch mounted pivotably about a first bearing bolt and having a receptacle for the counter element and having a functional surface; a securing element mounted pivotably about a second bearing bolt and, in the locked state, interacting at least temporarily with the functional surface in order to secure the locked state of the lock, wherein during the transfer from an unlocked state into the locked state, the counter element approaches the functional surface, and the latch has a contact lug which comes into contact with the counter element, which is approaching the functional surface, before the counter element can come into contact with the functional surface, the contact lug being laterally offset from the functional surface, including being axially offset from the functional surface with respect to the first bearing bolt, the contact lug projecting in relation to the functional surface in a pivoting direction of the closing latch, the contact lug being formed of a more deformable material than a material forming the functional surface, wherein the latch is pivotal between a lock position and an unlock position, the contact lug, the functional surface and the latch receptacle being arranged to have the contact lug first contact the counter element when the latch moves from the unlock position to the lock position, the functional surface and the latch receptacle also being arranged to have the counter element spaced away from the contact lug and the functional surface, and in the latch receptacle when the latch is in the lock position.