Quick setup hutch unit

A hutch unit comprising:

• a front panel and two laterally opposing sidewalls, each sidewall including a front sidewall edge hingedly connected to the front panel along front sidewall fold lines;
• a back panel;
• one or more shelf units, each shelf unit including a generally planar shelf panel each shelf unit hingedly connected to the front panel adjacent to a front shelf edge, and each shelf unit hingedly connected to the back panel adjacent to a rear shelf edge, and each shelf unit including opposing lateral shelf edges;
• the back panel defining an outer surface of the hutch unit and including back flaps supported on each of the sidewalls for vertical displacement relative to the sidewalls parallel to the front sidewall fold lines.

A method of assembling a hutch unit comprising:

• providing a first blank comprising a front panel having lateral front edges and sidewalls hingedly connected to the front panel at respective front sidewall fold lines defined at the lateral front edges, shelf openings defined in the front panel and vertically separated by front face sections;
• providing a second blank comprising a back panel having lateral back edges and back flaps hingedly connected to the back panel at respective back fold lines defined at the lateral back edges;
• folding the sidewalls of the first blank about the front sidewall fold lines to form a generally U-shaped front member;
• folding the back flaps of the second blank about the back fold lines to form a generally U-shaped back member;
• positioning the back flaps in overlapping relation to respective ones of the sidewalls to define first and second overlapping sidewall portions;
• positioning connecting members through each of the first and second overlapping portions including positioning each connecting member through a vertically elongated slot, extending parallel to the front sidewall fold lines, defined in at least one of the back flap and the sidewall of each overlapping portion to form a vertical sliding connection;
• wherein positioning the back flaps in overlapping relation to respective ones of the sidewalls includes positioning shelf units generally perpendicular to the front panel and connected to the front panel and the back panel.