Patent ID: 7357055

Claim:
A method for producing a contour of a planiform piece for an interior trim of a motor vehicle, the method comprising: cutting said planiform piece with a first cutting means to simultaneously produce at least an apex having a rounded profile P and a first portion of a first straight side extending from said apex, said step of cutting with the first cutting means includes cutting a first portion of a second straight side extending from said apex; cutting said planiform piece with a second cutting means to produce a second portion of the first straight side, the second cutting means having a different configuration than the first means and overlapping a part of the first portion of the first straight side formed by the first cutting means; cutting said planiform piece using a third cutting means to produce a second portion of the second straight side, the third cutting means overlapping a part of the first portion of the second straight side formed by the first cutting means; receiving said piece using a support portion such that the piece can be sandwiched, at least over a part of its thickness, between said support and said first, second and third cutting means; said receiving step receiving said piece with a support having a contour including at least a first part, having a profile substantially identical with that of the cutting edge of the first cutting means, and a second end a third part located on either side of said first part of the contour of the support in the prolongation of the latter and having a profile substantially identical, with that of the cutting edges of the second and third cutting means; and wherein said first and second cutting means function sequentially and wherein said first and third cutting means function sequentially.