Shift select lever device for automatic transmission

A shift lever device for an automotive automatic transmission comprising:

• a base bracket adapted to be fixed on a vehicle floor, said base bracket having an automatic mode shift slot, a manual mode shift slot parallel to the automatic mode shift slot, and a switching slot connecting the automatic mode shift slot and the manual mode shift slot;
• a shift lever supported to said base bracket so as to be swingable in the fore-and-aft direction of an automotive vehicle, said shift lever being extended over said base bracket so as to be movable through the automatic mode shift slot, the manual shift slot and the switching slot;
• a selector lever adapted to be interconnected with the automatic transmission through a linkage so as to change a shift position in an automatic shift mode, said selector lever being integrally swung with said shift lever when said shift lever is put in the automatic mode shift slot, said selector lever being released from said shift lever when said shift lever is put in the manual mode shift slot to electrically execute an up-shift and a down-shift through a fore-and-aft direction swing of said shift lever;
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• a position pin installed to said shift lever so as to be vertically movable by manual pushing, said position being hooked to a pair of opposed detent cutout portions formed in said base bracket when said shift lever is put in the automatic mode shift slot.