Drawer runner for drawers preferably made of plastic

A runner for a drawer which is movable in a predetermined direction and has a pair of oppositely disposed sides generally parallel to the direction of movement of the drawer when the drawer is mounted in an article of furniture, particularly for a plastic drawer in which the oppositely disposed sides are provided wit pockets for the respective runners, said runner comprising an elongated supporting element designed to be mounted at either of the oppositely disposed sides of the drawer so as to extend in the direction of movement of the drawer, said supporting element having a transverse central plane which divides said supporting element into two mirror symmetrical halves and said supporting element comprising a pair of tongues which are displaceable transversely of the longitudinal direction of said supporting element;

• an elongated guide element for guiding the drawer during movement and designed to be releasably connected to said supporting element so as to extend generally parallel thereto;
• and cooperating first and second locking means on said supporting element and said guide element, respectively, for releasably connecting said guide element to said supporting element so as to inhibit relative longitudinal displacement of said guide element and said supporting element, said first locking means having two halves which are substantially mirror symmetrical to each other with reference to said plane and said first locking means including a pair of locking elements, one locking element of said pair of locking elements being disposed on one of said tongues and the other locking element of said pair of locking elements being disposed on the other of said tongues.