Patent ID: 7374121

Claim:
A fishing reel component comprising: a component unit forming a through hole configured for a shaft member to pass therethrough and a mounting space formed at an end surface of the component unit and configured for the shaft member to pass therethrough; a spring member mounted in the mounting space, the spring member including first and second engagement portions arranged to oppose each other and configured to engage an annular groove at a tip of the shaft member; a lid member fixed to the component unit to retain the spring member and cover the mounting space; a push button including a push operation portion movably mounted to the lid member in an axial direction and outwardly exposed from a center of the lid member and a plurality of tapered portions provided to protrude from the push operation portion in the axial direction, each of the tapered portions having a tip inserted between the first and second engagement portions, the tapered portions being configured and arranged to expand a gap between the first and second engagement portions by movement of the tapered portions in the axial direction so that the engagement of the spring member and the annular groove of the shaft member is released by pushing the push operation portion; and a spring arrangement member provided for arranging the spring member between the lid member and the spring arrangement member, the spring arrangement member including a plurality of first through holes, each of the first through holes being configured for one of the tapered portions to pass therethrough.