Carton having interconnected flaps

A method of making and loading a box comprising the steps of:

• providing a box with a pair of endwalls and sidewalls and a flexible joint extending between each adjacent pairs of endwalls and sidewalls such that a first pair of joints are flat when the box is in a first collapsed position and a second pair of joints are bent when the box is in a first collapsed position;
• rotating the box to a second collapsed position wherein the first pair of joints are bent and the second pair of joints are flat;
• rotating the bottom flaps from a position adjacent the endwalls and sidewalls to a position away from the endwalls and sidewalls;
• erecting the box such that the sidewalls and endwalls are substantially 90° from each other;
• breaking at least one hinge connected adjacent the bottom sidewall flaps and the bottom endwall flaps;
• and
• rotating the bottom sidewall flaps and endwall flaps to a closed position.