Spring guide and cushion device

A spring guide to be provided between a coil spring and a cylindrical outer shaft member, the coil spring coaxially housing therein a shaft portion of a damper set in which an inner shaft member is fitted in the outer shaft member slidably in an axial direction of the spring guide, the spring guide comprising:

• a barrel having a substantially cylindrical shape and including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the axial direction;
• a plurality of first projecting portions provided at the first end portion of the barrel to project toward an axis of the barrel, the plurality of first projecting portions are provided to be separated from each other in a circumferential direction of the barrel;
• and
• a plurality of second projecting portions provided at the second end portion of the barrel to project toward the axis of the barrel, the plurality of second projecting portions are provided to be separated from each other in the circumferential direction of the barrel,
• wherein the barrel includes a plurality of slits penetrating from an inner surface to an outer surface of the barrel in a radial direction of the barrel, and
• wherein the plurality of slits are formed at positions that are in phase in the circumferential direction with at least one of the plurality of first projecting portions and the plurality of second projecting portions, respectively,
• wherein between the first end portion and the second end portion, the plurality of first projecting portions and the plurality of second projecting portions are formed at such positions as to appear to be disposed alternately when viewed from a direction along which the axis of the barrel extends.