Patent ID: 8667647

Claim:
A furniture hinge comprising: a fitment portion to be fixed to a furniture part; a hinge cup pivotally connected relative to said fitment portion, said hinge cup having an opening at one end of said hinge cup, an opposite end of said hinge cup in a depth direction of said hinge cup being closed by a bottom surface of said hinge cup, and said hinge cup having an interior which extends from said opening of said hinge cup to said bottom surface of said hinge cup in the depth direction of said hinge cup; and a damping device for damping a relative movement between said hinge cup and said fitment portion; wherein said damping device has a housing and first fixing means, and said hinge cup has second fixing means, wherein one of said first and second fixing means comprises a member which is engageable into the other of said first and second fixing means, wherein said housing of said damping device is arranged substantially completely within said hinge cup and is releasable fixed to said hinge cup by releasable engagement of said first fixing means of said damping device and said second fixing means of said hinge cup so as to be removable from and insertable into said hinge cup through said opening of said hinge cup in a direction perpendicular to said bottom surface of said hinge cup, wherein said first and second fixing means are operative between said housing of said damping device, said bottom surface of said hinge cup and a side wall of said hinge cup, and wherein said damping device is a fluid damper.