Method of making container with hinged cover

A method of forming a lay-flat container having a separate hinged cover fastened to a container body

• said body comprising four walls serially joined together along a first set of score lines,
• said first set of score lines defining the side edges of said walls,
• said container walls comprising a front wall, an opposed back wall and two opposed L-shaped side walls extending between said front and back walls,
• said back wall and said side walls having upper sections and lower sections,
• the upper sections of said side walls and said back wall defining an upright section of said container, and
• said front wall and the lower sections of said side wall defining a shelf section of said container,
• said upper edge of said L-shaped side walls comprising substantially aligned upper section upper free edges and substantially aligned lower shelf section upper edges,
• said back wall having an upper free edge, said back wall upper free edge being substantially aligned with said side wall upper section free edges,
• said upper edge of said front wall being substantially aligned with said side wall lower shelf section upper edges,
• shelf panels hingedly connected to said side wall lower shelf section upper edges and said upper edge of said front wall along substantially aligned score lines,
• said cover comprising a fastening panel, a fold-back panel, an upper cover panel, a front cover panel and a front panel serially connected by a second set of score lines, and side panels being hingedly connected only to said upper cover panel and said front cover panel along a third set of score lines, said upper cover panel side panels and said front cover panel side panels being separated by a notch aligned with said score line between said upper cover panel and said front cover panel,
• said method comprising
• bending said back wall and its adjacent side wall around one score line between them so that said one score line becomes a free side edge of said one wall,
• placing said cover on the outer face of said one wall,
• aligning the free end edge of said fastening panel with the upper free edge of said back wall,
• aligning the corresponding side edge of said fastening, fold-back and front panels with said one side edge of said back wall and
• fastening said fastening panel to said back wall at said back wall upper edge.