Cabinet, parts thereof and associated methods

A cabinet including:

• a twin walled plastic member divided, by a plurality of elongate seams at which said twin walls contact, into three or more wall sections disposed sequentially in a side by side relation, said member folded at said seams such that said sequence of wall sections form three or more sides of a cabinet connected at said elongate seams, and
• a top and a bottom end cap, having generally an interior and an exterior face and having on the inner face along at least two sides thereof at or adjacent the periphery thereof a recessed channel, the top and bottom edge respectively of said folded plastic wall member fitted into said channel or channels, said channel or channels retaining said wall member in said folded configuration.

A cabinet for an appliance including a wall member formed by twin sheet thermoforming, said wall member incorporating a plurality of panels, said panels connected to one another by one or more joined edges where said twin sheets contact to form a seam, and in said appliance said wall member being in a folded condition along one or more of said seams such that said plurality of panels form a plurality of walls of said appliance, being, as a group, differently configured to when said wall member was initially thermoformed, wherein one or more of said folded seams do not coincide with the corner between walls of said appliance that correspond to the panels joined by the respective folded seam.

A cabinet for an appliance including a wall member formed by twin sheet thermoforming, said wall member incorporating a plurality of panels, said panels connected to one another by one or more joined edges where said twin sheets contact to form a seam, and in said appliance said wall member being in a folded condition along one or more of said seams such that said plurality of panels form a plurality of walls of said appliance, being, as a group, differently configured to when said wall member was initially thermoformed, at at least one said seam said twin walled plastic member having essentially an inner facing sheet and an outer facing sheet, and said member is formed adjacent at said seam such that in said folded condition said inner facing sheet contacts itself, said contact being between portions thereof on opposite sides of said seam and spaced from said seam, said contacting portions being fused to one another.

A wall member formed by twin sheet thermoforming including one or more seams where said twin sheets contact, said wall member adapted to be folded at one or more of said seams to form a plurality of walls, characterised in that at least one said seam is intended to be folded through a set angle, and that at least one said sheet of said twin sheets includes at least a first and a second surface and, at or substantially at said seam, an included corner between said first and second surfaces thereof, the angle of said corner being the complement of said set angle, such that if said seam is folded through said set angle;

• the gradient of said surfaces will be substantially continuous across said seam.