Patent ID: 8490908

Claim:
A spinning-reel drag switch device configured to switch a first drag mechanism between an activation state and a deactivation state, the first drag mechanism configured to brake a spool attached to a reel unit of a spinning reel, the spinning reel including a fishing-line winding handle, a reel body, and a fishing-rod attachment, the spinning reel configured to reel out a fishing line forward, the spinning-reel drag switch device comprising: an operation member attached to the reel body and being pivotable about a first axis between a first position and a second position, the second position being different from the first position, a first distance between the first axis and the fishing-rod attachment being smaller than a second distance between the fishing-rod attachment and a rotation shaft of the handle having a first gear member being unitarily rotatable therewith, the first axis being positioned to extend in parallel to the rotation shaft and to interpose the rotation shaft between the first axis and the spool; a switch mechanism setting the first drag mechanism in the activation state when the operation member is pivoted to the first position, the switch mechanism setting the first drag mechanism in the deactivation state when the operation member is pivoted to the second position; and a return mechanism including a first arm being pivotable in conjunction with the operation member, a second gear member rotating about a second axis parallel to the first axis, the second axis being positioned to interpose the rotation shaft between the second axis and the spool, a third distance between the second axis and the fishing-rod attachment being greater than the second distance, the second gear member configured to receive rotation force from the first gear member, and a press member mounted to the second gear member to press the first arm, and the return mechanism pressing the first arm in conjunction with rotation of the handle in a fishing line winding direction to return the operation member to the first position from the second position.