Mounting plate assembly for cabinet hinges

A mounting plate assembly for an adjustable mounting of a wall-related part of a cabinet hinge having a carcase-related part, the assembly being composed of two separable mounting plates, a bottom mounting plate nearer the wall is fastenable permanently to the wall, and an upper mounting plate more remote from the wall for adjustably holding the carcase-related part of the hinge, a resilient catch mechanism for fastening the upper mounting plate to the bottom mounting plate, the bottom mounting plate having a front end area facing a door, said front end area of said bottom mounting plate having at least one hook projection, said upper mounting plate having a bottom on which is located a hook receptacle with which said hook projection is associated, said hook projection and said hook receptable having associated engagement surfaces complementary to each other and at least sectionally approximately acute, and said resilient catch mechanism being provided with a handle for releasing snap-fastening between the mounting plates, comprising

• said upper mounting plate including an end portion pointing toward an interior of a cabinet wherein at least said end portion pointing toward the interior of the cabinet partially covers said bottom mounting plate, said end portion including two bows which are resiliently flexible and parallel to a surface of the wall, each of said bows having a catch section, said bottom mounting plate having catch recesses associated with and matingly locked with each said catch section, said catch sections and said catch recesses being disengageable by pinching said bows together parallel to said surface of said wall;
• each bow having a handle accessible for applying pressure directed against one another parallel to the surface of said wall when said two mounting plates are in a snapped-together position.