Abstract: A drawer for being held in and removable from a housing, particularly an ashtray in a housing, and including an unlocking mechanism normally in engagement with a stop in the housing and unlockable to enable removal of the drawer from the housing. A slide supported outside and below the container is movable toward the rear of the container. The end of the slide is V-shaped, and the underside of one leg of the V engages an upright bolt for moving the bolt down as the slide is moved rearward, which moves the bolt out of position to abut the housing stop. A push element is engaged by the upper side of the slide for being pushed up to press a spring up inside a recess in the bolt as the slide is pushed in. The slide, bolt and push element having cooperating oblique surfaces for accomplishing the respective pushing. In one embodiment, a push button acts directly on the slide. In another embodiment, a push button acts on the bolt through an intermediate rocker, instead of a slide.