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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A seat lock device allows a seat to be unlocked and removed with one hand by rotating a lever member with one's fingertips and lifting an end portion of the seat. An engaging rod is mounted on either a bottom plate of a seat or a seat mounting bed. A support block, which has a locking rod, is mounted on the other of the seat bottom plate and the seat mounting bed. A lever member that engages with a bridge portion of the locking rod is pivotally mounted relative to the support block. Upon rotating the lever member with one's fingertips, both end portions of the locking rod are retracted against a biasing force of a spring from a receiving groove formed in the support block. Then, the engaging rod can be removed from the receiving groove to unlock the seat.