Process for producing basic furniture structure

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a furniture structure which is formed by folding a panel member which incorporates a V-groove and a film hinge.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a process for forming a furniture structure by folding a panel member.
The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear more clearly hereinafter.
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a basic furniture structure which incorporates a film hinge which cooperates with a V-groove formed in a starting panel.
The film hinge, rather than being formed by the material of the starting panel, such as the coating material of the latter, is formed by an appropriate plastic material which is introduced into a groove which is milled into the starting panels on the subsequently external sides, along a folding line or the hinge axis.
There are suitable plastic materials which, in the solidified state, have a sufficient bending capacity and tear strength in order to be able to form the film hinge.
These may be plastics which exhibit elasticity or plasticity for the duration of processing and only subsequently solidify in full.
It is also possible to use permanently flexible plastic materials, such as thermoplastics which, depending on the aesthetic form desired along the outer corner edge of the panel parts, which are connected diagonally to one another.
There may thus be a contrast on the outside between the color of the plastic material which forms the film hinge and that of the coating material of the panel parts.
The process according to the present invention can be used to produce two furniture structures which can have various configurations along its visible outer edges.