Pull-out guide assembly for drawers

A pull-out guide assembly for use on each of opposite sides of a drawer in an article of furniture of the type wherein the drawer is slidably insertable into and removable from a furniture body, said assembly comprising:

• a supporting rail adapted to be connected to a side wall of a furniture body;
• a first carriage mounted to run along said supporting rail, said first carriage having bearing supports;
• a pull-out rail adapted to be connected to a side of a drawer;
• a second carriage mounted to run along said pull-out rail, said second carriage having bearing supports;
• a center rail having vertically spaced horizontal flanges extending between and supported by said bearing supports of said first and second carriages, such that said carriages are movable along said center rail and said center rail is movable with respect to said pull-out and supporting rails;
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• catch means for fixing the relative longitudinal positions of said center rail and said carriages when said pull-out rail is moved with respect to said supporting rail to a drawer fully pulled-out position, said catch means comprising a two-arm lever pivotally connected to said center rail, said lever including a first arm pivotable toward and engageable with one of said carriages in said drawer fully pulled-out position, and said lever including a second arm pivotable toward and engageable with the other of said carriages or the said rail thereof in said fully pulled-out position.