Method of forming a carton with article protection feature

A method of forming a carton, the method comprising:

• obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a bottom panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a second side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, and a top panel foldably connected to at least one of the first side panel and the second side panel, at least one article protection flap foldably connected to the bottom panel, and a plurality of end flaps, each end flap of the plurality of end flaps being foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels;
• positioning the plurality of panels to at least partially form an interior space of the carton, the carton having at least one open end;
• loading at least one article through the at least one open end into the interior space;
• closing the at least one open end of the carton to form at least one closed end of the carton, the closing the at least one open end comprising folding the plurality of end flaps;
• and
• folding the at least one article protection flap relative to the bottom panel after the loading the at least one article, the folding the at least one article protection flap comprises moving the at least one article protection flap from a first position that is substantially parallel to the bottom panel to a second position wherein the at least one article protection flap is folded relative to the bottom panel, the folding of the at least one article protection flap is after the closing the at least one open end of the carton.