Patent ID: 7762489

Claim:
A spool for a spinning reel where the spool is attached to a non-circular portion formed on a tip of a spool shaft, the spool shaft being allowed to move back and forth but prevented from rotating with respect to a reel unit, the spool comprising: a spool unit including a bobbin trunk with an outer peripheral surface to wind a fishing line around, a drag accommodation space to accommodate a drag washer, and a tubular shaft support member integrally formed with the bobbin trunk as a one-piece, unitary member, the drag accommodation space and the shaft support member being located on an inner side of the bobbin trunk and extending along the axial direction of the spool; and a tubular bearing member including an engagement hole non-rotatably engaged with the non-circular portion of the spool shaft and a retaining member fowled on the perimeter of the engagement hole, the bearing member being made of synthetic resin and disposed between the spool shaft and an inner surface of the shaft support member so as to rotatably support the spool unit, the retaining member protruding radially inward of the engagement hole and towards an axis of the spool shaft.