Patent ID: 7997519

Claim:
A recording tape cartridge, comprising: a reel around which a recording tape is wound; a case rotatably housing the reel, and including an opening from which the recording tape may be drawn out; a leader member including a tape connection portion which is connected to the recording tape directly or via a leader tape, and a pair of guard portions respectively provided at portions of the tape connection portion that respectively project further toward width direction outer sides than both width direction edges of the recording tape; a pair of leader receiving portions formed in the case and facing the opening, that respectively receive the corresponding guard portions of the leader member such that the guard portions may be detached towards the opening side; and a pair of leader holding members, each provided integrally with a fixed portion fixed inside the case, a retaining spring portion that engages one of the guard portions from the opening side when the one of the guard portions is received by one of the leader receiving portions, and an overhanging portion that overhangs, from a recording tape side, the one of the guard portions which has been received by the one of the leader receiving portions, wherein each of the fixed portion, the retaining spring portion, and the overhanging portion is integrally formed with a same member; and wherein the recording tape cartridge further comprises position-fixing structures that fix at least one of the overhanging portions of the pair of leader holding members, and portions between the overhanging portions and the fixed portions, with respect to the leader receiving portions.