Locking device

A locking device comprising:

• a base;
• a hook, which is provided on the base, is formed with a groove into which a striker is capable of entering, and is capable of rotating from an unlocked position, in which the striker is capable of entering the groove, to a locked position, in which the striker is prohibited from being removed from the groove;
• a pawl, which is rotatably provided on the base, is configured to prohibit a rotation of the hook out of the locked position by being engaged with the hook when the hook is in the locked position, and is urged in a direction to be engaged with the hook;
• a striker-contact member, which is provided on the hook, wherein, when the striker has entered the groove of the hook, the striker-contact member is abutted against one side of the striker and the groove of the hook is abutted against another side of the striker;
• an urging member, which urges the hook towards the unlocked position via the striker-contact member and urges the striker-contact member in a liner direction to be abutted against the one side of the striker when the striker has entered the groove;
• and
• a pawl urging member, one end of which is attached to the pawl and another end of which is attached to the base, wherein the pawl urging member urges the pawl in the direction to be engaged with the hook,
• wherein one end of the urging member is attached to the striker-contact member, and another end of the urging member is attached to the base,
• wherein the striker-contact member is rotatable and is linearly movable in the linear direction with respect to the hook, and
• wherein the linear direction, in which the striker-contact member is movable, is a direction intersecting an entering direction, in which the striker moves as it enters into a groove of the base and enters into the groove of the hook.