Gas springs from STABILUS provide with numerous options for enhancing the functionality of their furniture and setting modern design trends. Today’s highly fashionable furniture design features extra-wide horizontal and vertical cabinet professional doors that flip up. For structural reasons, they always require the use of special fitting hardware. After all, these extremely wide and – often made of glass – rather heavy doors should open with precision and reliability for years to come. The infinitely variable LIFT-O-MAT FR gas springs are custom-tailored to these furniture applications. While they can be combined with traditional cabinet professional fittings, they safely and comfortably lift, lower, dampen, and position doors and flaps. Also called friction gas spring, it provides progressive positioning of furniture flaps over the entire adjustment range. Horizontal cabinet doors that flip up can thus be held open at any angle. This maintenance-free gas spring can make ergonomic and highly functional kitchen and office furniture a reality. As a highlight for the furniture construction industry, STABILUS will once again present the self-locking LIFT-O-MAT PTL gas spring at the ZOW in Bad Salzuflen (Feb. 25 - 28, 2008, Hall 19, booth E3): In the compressed position, this gas spring is held by a locking mechanism, and with a gentle push, it extends silently upwards. This gas spring can lift integrated bar professional cabinets or headrests in upholstered furniture (living room furniture), as well as raise or lower.