Pull-out guide assembly for drawers and the like

A pull-out guide assembly for use on each of opposite sides of a drawer to guide movement of the drawer into and out of an article of furniture, said assembly comprising:

• a supporting rail to be attached to a furniture side wall;
• a pull-out rail to be attached to the drawer;
• an intermediate rail between said supporting rail and said pull-out rail;
• respective pulleys mounted on front and rear ends of said intermediate rail;
• a cable running on said two pulleys and fastened to said supporting rail;
• and
• a coupling device to releasably connect said cable to said pull-out rail, said coupling device including a first coupling member fastened to said pull-out rail and having at least one toothed rack, and a second coupling member fastened to said cable and having at least one toothed rack, said first and second coupling members being selectively movable relative to each other between a coupled position, whereat said toothed rack of said first coupling member is in meshing engagement with said toothed rack of said second coupling member, and an uncoupled position, whereat said meshing engagement is released.