Patent ID: 6904825

Claim:
The shift control device for a transmission mechanism for a motor vehicle in which gear shifting is performed by a shift control lever provided in the vicinity of a steering wheel for column shifting, comprising: a steering shaft movable in response to operation of said steering wheel; and a shift shaft rotatable in accordance with the operation of said shift control lever in a first direction and movable in an axial direction thereof in accordance with the operation of said shift control lever in a second direction which is different from said first direction, wherein an axial direction of said shift shaft and an axial direction of said steering shaft are offset from each other; a guide member movable in a third direction by swingably operating said shift control lever and movable in a fourth direction different from said third direction by pull-up operating said shift control lever; and a regulating member having a plurality of steps for regulating the movement of said guide member in said third direction, whereby the operating distance to pull up said shift control lever is regulated by heights of said plurality of steps, respectively, a regulating member having a slidable portion for regulating a direction in which said shift control lever is pulled up through an abutment with said guide member; wherein a travelling path of said guide member along which said guide member travels while kept in abutment with said slidable portion through the pull-up operation of said shift control lever is substantially parallel with a reference line, and wherein said reference line is a line connecting the position of said shift control lever and the shoulder point of the driver at a driving position of the driver.