Patent ID: 9523228
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: E05F,E05Y

Claim Text:
1. A damping device comprising: a damper to be located at a first part of an article of furniture, said damper configured to be actuated by a second part of the article of furniture so as to dampen a movement of the first part relative to the second part; a coupling for activating and deactivating a damping action of said damper, said damper being configured to dampen the relative movement between the first part and the second part during movement of the first part relative to the second part in a damping direction when said coupling is in a closed state, and said damper being configured not to dampen the relative movement between the first part and the second part during movement of the first part relative to the second part in the damping direction when said coupling is in an open state; and a manually actuated switching member connected to said coupling for switching said coupling between the closed state and the open state to thereby activate and deactivate said damper, respectively.