Shift lever device comprising a shift lever and a shift knob

摘要

Provided is a button structure of a shift knob (1) for use with a shift lever (3) in which a rod (4) is provided in an upwardly and downwardly movable manner. The shift knob (1) comprises: a button (2) capable of being manually pushed while being supported in a swingable manner, to allow the rod (4) to be moved downwardly from a lock position to a lock release position; a pinion gear (13) provided in coaxial relation to a pivot shaft of the button (2); and a rack (14) meshed with the pinion gear (13). The button structure is configured to move the rod (4) to a shift-lock release position, interlockingly with a downward movement of the rack (14) caused by a swinging movement of the pinion gear (13) in a forward direction, according to a pushing operation of the button (2), and to move the rod (4) to a shift-lock position, interlockingly with an upward movement of the rack (14) caused by a swinging movement of the pinion gear (13) in a reverse direction, according to a push-mode releasing operation of the button (2).