Patent ID: 7007567

Claim:
A shift lever apparatus comprising: a shift lever, a shift position of which is changed by moving; an assembly member disposed at a vicinity of the shift lever; a rotating member which is rotatably assembled to the assembly member and which detects the shift position of the shift lever by rotating in accordance with pivoting of the shift lever; an assembly portion provided at one of the assembly member and the rotating member; at least one assembly pawl provided at the other of the assembly member and the rotating member, the assembly pawl including resilience, the assembly pawl including an engaging protrusion which protrudes to an outer side, and the assembly pawl being inserted at the assembly portion and the engaging protrusion engaging at a surrounding area of the assembly portion for assembling the rotating member to the assembly member and a blocking member disposed in correspondence with the assembly pawl, the blocking member being pre-positioned to interfere with the assembly pawl when the engaging protrusion is first engaged at the surrounding area of the assembly portion, for blocking release of the engagement of the engaging protrusion at the assembly portion surrounding area.