Furniture compartment with a drawer and a drawer locking device, • having a latch designed as a rocker, which is mounted below the drawer in the interior of the furniture compartment, and which is pivotably mounted around a pivot axis between a locking position and a release position, and where the pivot axis divides the latch into a front part and a rear part, • where the latch in its locked position towards a front, open end of the furniture compartment has its front part which slopes downward forwards and its rear part which rises to the rear and where in its release position the front end of the front part is arranged higher than in the locking position, • and where the latch strives to assume its locking position, • and having a holder, which is mounted under a bottom of the drawer, and which projects so far downward that the holder presses the rear part of the latch down into the release position when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment, and which is arranged so far back that it engages behind the latch when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment and closed, • and where the drawer has a front cover, characterised in • that the cover protrudes downwards beyond the bottom of the drawer, • that in the lower area of the cover a vertically movable lifter is arranged, which extends to the front part of the latch when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment and closed, • that a movable actuating element is arranged on the cover above the lifter, • and that the lifter is connected to the actuating element via transmission means in such a way that the lifter can be moved from a lower rest position into a raised working position by means of a movement of the actuating element, in which, when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment and closed, the front part of the latch is raised and the latch assumes its release position. • having a latch designed as a rocker, which is mounted below the drawer in the interior of the furniture compartment, and which is pivotably mounted around a pivot axis between a locking position and a release position, and where the pivot axis divides the latch into a front part and a rear part, • where the latch in its locked position towards a front, open end of the furniture compartment has its front part which slopes downward forwards and its rear part which rises to the rear and where in its release position the front end of the front part is arranged higher than in the locking position, • and where the latch strives to assume its locking position, • and having a holder, which is mounted under a bottom of the drawer, and which projects so far downward that the holder presses the rear part of the latch down into the release position when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment, and which is arranged so far back that it engages behind the latch when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment and closed, • and where the drawer has a front cover, characterised in • that the cover protrudes downwards beyond the bottom of the drawer, • that in the lower area of the cover a vertically movable lifter is arranged, which extends to the front part of the latch when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment and closed, • that a movable actuating element is arranged on the cover above the lifter, • and that the lifter is connected to the actuating element via transmission means in such a way that the lifter can be moved from a lower rest position into a raised working position by means of a movement of the actuating element, in which, when the drawer is pushed into the furniture compartment and closed, the front part of the latch is raised and the latch assumes its release position.