Patent ID: 6886817

Claim:
A damping device ( 1 ) for movable furniture parts ( 3 ), comprising a cylinder filled with a free-flowing medium which is compressed by a piston ( 8 ) which has a spring ( 13 ) applied to it forcing it into its extended position, characterized in that the cylinder is a telescopic cylinder ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) having at least two stages including a main outer cylinder ( 6 ), a first movable cylinder ( 7 ) movably guided in the main outer cylinder ( 6 ), and the piston ( 8 ) movably guided in the first movable cylinder ( 7 ) with respect thereto, the spring ( 13 ), which is a pressure spring, is clamped between a bottom ( 11 ) of the main outer cylinder ( 6 ) of a last stage and the piston ( 8 ) of a first stage, and p 1 the first movable cylinder ( 7 ) is movably guided with respect to the main outer cylinder ( 6 ), and the piston ( 8 ) is movably guided with respect to both the main outer cylinder ( 6 ) and the first movable cylinder ( 7 ).