Patent ID: 7108339

Claim:
A self-closing drawer guide comprising a guide rail for attachment to a body wall of an item of furniture; a running rail for attachment to a furniture drawer, the running rail being movably supported relative to the guide rail; a ratchet housing arranged on the running rail; a movable ratchet element residing in the ratchet housing, the ratchet element is pretensioned in first and second positions that are spaced apart in a relative movement direction of the guide rail and running rail, the ratchet element comprising a receptacle adapted to receive a catch when the running rail moves relative to the guide rail and approaches a closed position, thereby disengaging the pretensioned movable ratchet element from the corresponding first position and moving the ratchet element by spring tension into the second position, the ratchet element entraining the running rail by the catch held in the receptacle in the closing direction of the drawer; and a cylindrical housing fixedly arranged to the ratchet housing, the cylindrical housing comprising a spring assembly comprising a piston and a spring, the piston having a piston rod projecting outwardly from one end of the cylindrical housing, and the spring being arranged between the piston and an end wall that at least partially closes off an end face of the cylindrical housing, and the spring being adapted to pretension the movable ratchet element via the piston rod.