Locking mechanism for console device and vehicular console device including same

A locking mechanism for a console device, being configured to restrict a console armrest of the console device disposed between a driver seat and a passenger seat inside a vehicle, the locking mechanism comprising:

• a housing mounted on a front surface of a console box of the console device;
• a pivoting lever pivotably coupled to an inner surface of the housing;
• a slider pivotably coupled to an upper body of the pivoting lever;
• an inertial member interlocking portion coupled to a lower body of the pivoting lever;
• and
• an inertial member seating portion mounted on the housing and on which an inertial member is seated;
• wherein the inertial member is positioned between the inertial member interlocking portion and the inertial member seating portion, and wherein the inertial member is configured to operate the inertial member interlocking portion when a collision of the vehicle occurs.