Abstract: A bottom mounted drawer slide for, supporting a drawer in a cabinet. The slide assembly is provided with a pawl for enabling the drawer to be removed and to be replaced with a minimum of manipulative effort. The slide assembly incorporates fail-safe features which assure that the assembly latching the drawer channel to the stationary channel is automatically shifted to a locked position responsive to assembly of the channels and is always in a position locked against accidental removal when the channels reach their mutually extended positions.