PARKING BRAKE LEVER APPARATUS

Provided is a parking brake lever apparatus which enables reduction in man-hours for assembling together a release knob and a release rod that is circular in cross-section, enables reduction in facility costs, and which also enables assembling at the correct attitude a so-called slant knob to the release rod that is circular in cross-section. This parking brake lever apparatus is provided with: arelease rod 35 that is circular in cross-section; a rotation stopping part 35Y that is noncircular in cross-section and is formed in a portion of the release rod 35; a release stopping part 35X that is provided to the release rod 35 so as to project in the radial direction of the release rod 35; a slant knob member 32 to which the front end of the release rod 35 is fitted; a loosely fitting part 32Y for rotation stopping, to which the rotation stopping part 35Y of the release rod 35 is loosely fitted and which is provided in the slant knob member 32; and a loosely fitting part 32X for releasestopping, to which the rel