Patent ID: 8869744

Claim:
A method of folding substantially smaller for packaging a one piece die-cut and creased paperboard blank, which can be assembled into a disposable cat litter box, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing the one piece die-cut and creased paperboard blank having a bottom wall extending horizontally to bottom wall transversal fold-line creases and bottom wall longitudinal fold-line creases; a plurality of end walls integral to the bottom wall, each end wall having an integral upper end wall member with end wall securing devices and an end wall fold-line crease scored between the end wall and the upper end wall member, wherein the bottom wall transversal fold-line creases are scored between the bottom wall and the end walls; a plurality of side walls integral to the bottom wall, each side wall having an integral upper side wall member with side wall securing devices, a side wall fold-line crease scored between the side wall and the upper side wall member and corner end flaps with corner end flap securing devices, wherein the bottom wall longitudinal fold-line creases are scored between the bottom wall and the side walls, wherein the longitudinal fold-line creases are scored between the bottom wall and the side walls, wherein each of the corner end flaps having a corner end flap transverse fold-line crease scored between each of the corn end flap and each of the side walls; a plurality of die-cuts between the corner end flaps and the end walls; one or more longitudinal fold-line creases and one or more transversal fold-line creases across a length and a width of the blank approximately in a center of the blank and intersecting in the center of the blank; then (b) folding the plurality of end walls and the corner end flaps inwardly towards the bottom wall and along the bottom wall transversal fold-line creases to form bottom and end walls folded portions; then (c) folding the plurality of side walls and the upper side wall members inwardly towards the bottom wall and along the bottom wall longitudinal fold-line creases form bottom and side walls folded portions; then (d) folding one of the bottom and side walls folded portions inwardly along the one or more longitudinal fold-line crease towards the other one of the bottom and side walls folded portions to form a longitudinal folded portion; and then (e) folding the longitudinal folded portion in-half along the approximately centrally located transverse fold-line creases to form a transversal folded portion; wherein the completely folded blank is configured to be stock onto approximately one square foot of retail shelf space, and configured to be inserted and carried in a standard supermarket size plastic shopping bag for convenient.