Patent ID: 7360469

Claim:
A shift lever that operates a transmission by moving a hollow-shaped lever main body whose distal end is open comprising: a knob having an interior and exterior, which is mounted on the distal end portion of the lever main body, having an opening portion; a moving body, provided in the interior of the lever main body, movable in a longitudinal direction of the lever main body where one end protrudes from the opening of the lever main body and is placed in the interior of the knob; an operating unit, at least one part of which is accommodated in the opening portion of the knob, that is movable in the interior and exterior directions relative to the knob; a link member having a distal end disposed over said protruding end of said moving body and a base end and provided in the knob turnably around an axis that is the center of a predetermined region of the base end side; an engaging pin provided at any one of the operating unit and the link member; and an arcuate guide groove provided such that the engaging pin can be placed in the other of any one of the operating unit and the link member, where one end in the longitudinal direction and an opposite end are closed; wherein the engaging pin moves from one longitudinal end side to the opposite end side of the arcuate guide groove in a curved or bent path with the movement of the operating unit, and the distal end side presses one end of the moving body and moves the moving body by the link member turning in one turning direction around the axis by the movement of the engaging pin.