Patent ID: 8413298

Claim:
A universal damping mechanism comprising: a housing having a mounting surface for fixing the housing to a surface of a furniture proximate an opening thereof that is adapted to be closed off by a closing member, wherein said mounting surface of said housing comprises at least a portion of a bottom surface of a box-shaped portion of said housing, said box-shaped portion of said housing further including a pair of laterally opposed side surfaces extending upwardly from said bottom surface of said box-shaped portion, each of said lateral side surfaces of said box-shaped portion of said housing including a recessed portion defining a first opening of an angled hole communicating with a second opening of said angled hole provided in said bottom surface of said box-shaped portion of said housing proximate a central portion of said bottom surface of said box-shaped portion of said housing; a shock absorber subassembly slidably positioned within a shock absorber receiving portion of said housing and having a first end extending from a first end of said housing; and an adjustment mechanism coupled to a second end of said housing and adjustably engaged with a second end of said shock absorber subassembly within said shock absorber receiving portion of said housing.