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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2008
Eiji Akahane, Kako-gun, JP;
Teruyuki Yamada, Kako-gun, JP;
Tomoya Hirano, Onomichi, JP;
Yusuke Harayama, Onomichi, JP;
Eiji Akahane, Kako-gun, JP;
Teruyuki Yamada, Kako-gun, JP;
Tomoya Hirano, Onomichi, JP;
Yusuke Harayama, Onomichi, JP;
Caterpillar Japan Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A locking device includes a lock body that includes an engagement groove with or from which the closing-side and opening-side lock receivers are engaged or disengaged, the lock body being variable between a neutral posture in which the closing-side and opening-side lock receivers are allowed to be engaged with or disengaged from the engagement groove; a closing-side locking posture in which the closing-side lock receiver that is engaged with the engagement groove is regulated so as not to be disengaged from the engagement groove; or an opening-side locking posture in which the opening-side lock receiver that is engaged with the engagement groove is regulated so as not to be disengaged from the engagement groove; a holding member and a release operation lever.