Patent ID: 8366214

Claim:
A damper for movable furniture parts and/or pieces of furniture fittings being movable relative to each other, the damper comprising: a first damping part and a second damping part, the first and second damping parts being mounted rotatably relative to each other in a damping stroke of the damper; a damping medium arranged or operative between the first and second damping parts; at least one actuating element operatively connected to the second damping part at least in the damping stroke of the damper; and an arresting device arranged between the at least one actuating element and the second damping part, the arresting device fixedly coupling the at least one actuating element to the second damping part in the damping stroke of the damper and the arresting device uncoupling the at least one actuating element from the second damping part to provide a freewheel relationship in a return stroke of the damper so as to release the at least one actuating element from the second damping part, wherein the arresting device includes at least one movably mounted arresting element which is spring-loaded by a spring element in a direction of an arresting position, such that the at least one arresting element in the arresting position couples the at least one actuating element to the second damping part, the spring element being operative between the at least one arresting element and at least one of the second damping part and the at least one actuating element.