Patent ID: 7591044

Claim:
A hinge for furniture of the “frame” type comprising a base portion to be mounted on the frame of the piece of furniture and a portion for fastening to a furniture door and articulated on the base portion, the base portion comprising a lower element intended for fastening to the furniture frame and an upper element for supporting the articulation to the portion fastening the hinge to the door, the lower and upper elements being connected to each other for mutual-sliding movement in a direction longitudinal to the hinge, means for controlled adjustment of this sliding movement being present close to one end of the base portion, so as to offer front adjustment of the hinge, means for sliding constraint in the adjustment direction being also present close to the other end of the base portion, characterized in that the two base elements are made up of cut-out and bent sheet metal and the sliding-constraint means comprises half-punched pins formed on side walls of one of the two elements and projecting from said side walls for sliding fitting into corresponding slots in the other element, characterized in that the half-punched pins project outwardly from side walls of the lower element which is received between side walls of the upper element in which the slots are present, and characterized in that, to enable introduction of the half-punched pins into the slots, the side walls of the upper element have enlarged regions for passage of the half-punched pins from the lower edge of the upper element to the slots.