Furniture hinge having an intermediate mounting member and a separate disengaging mechanism

Claim 1

A furniture hinge comprising: a mounting plate to be mounted on a wall of an article of furniture, said mounting plate having an inner side to face the furniture wall, an outer side to be directed away from the furniture wall, and opposite lateral sides having outwardly facing grooves therein; a hinge arm having a U-shaped profile and to be connected to a door of the article of furniture; an intermediate member for mounting said hinge arm on said mounting plate, said intermediate member being connected to said hinge arm by means of an adjustment element for adjusting the spacing between said hinge arm and said mounting plate and by means of an adjustment member for adjusting the position of said hinge arm relative to said mounting plate in a longitudinal direction parallel to said lateral sides; said intermediate member being formed of sheet steel and having integral resilient side clamp portions, such that said hinge arm and said intermediate member may be manually pushed in a direction toward said outer side of said mounting plate and said clamp portions resiliently snap into and engage in said grooves with said intermediate member including said clamp portions embracing said mounting plate; and separate spreading means mounted on said intermediate member for relative movement therebetween for spreading said clamp portions apart and disengaging said clamp portions from said grooves such that said intermediate member and said hinge arm may be released from said mounting plate.