Patent ID: 8231513
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a fully enclosed paperboard carton, the method comprising: providing a carton having a top, a base, a first side panel, a second side panel, a first side end panel, and a second side end panel; a first base end panel and a second base end panel being hingedly connected; the first base end panel and the second base end panel each including an upper base end panel portion and a lower base end panel portion; the first side end panel and the second side end panel being disposed at a first end of the carton; the first side end panel and the second side end panel being substantially planar and perpendicular to the base and the top; a first top end panel having a handle flap; the handle flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°; the first side end panel having a first handle hole adjacent a first side panel push through flap and the second side end panel having a second handle hole adjacent a second side panel push through flap; the first side panel push through flap and the second push through flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°; and the first side panel and the second side panel each having a lower side panel portion that is substantially planar and perpendicular to the base, and an upper side panel portion that is substantially planar and tapers inwardly towards an edge connection with the top; moving the first side panel push through flap and the second side panel push through flap behind the handle flap into a carrying position; wherein a first gusset panel is hingedly connected to the first side end panel and to the lower base end panel portion of the first base end panel, and wherein a second gusset panel is hingedly connected to the second side end panel and to the lower base end panel portion of the second base end panel.