Securing mechanism for a drawer slide in a domestic home appliance

A drawer slide assembly for use with a domestic home appliance having a main body and a drawer that slides relative to the main body between an open position and a closed position, the assembly comprising:

• a slide bracket configured to be non-movably attached to the main body such that the slide bracket is positionally fixed relative to the main body when the slide bracket is in an operating position, the slide bracket having a first engagement portion;
• a slide having
• a first part having a second engagement portion, the first part being attached to the slide bracket by the second engagement portion slidably engaging the first engagement portion as the first part is moved in a first direction relative to slide bracket, and
• a second part configured to be non-movably attached to the drawer such that the second part is positionally fixed relative to the drawer when the second part is in an operating position, the second part moving in the first direction relative to the first part;
• and
• a slide retainer attached to the slide bracket and preventing the second part of the slide from moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction.