Machine for attaching handles to a gift box

A machine for use in attaching first and second handles to a gift box using an adhesive material, each of the first and second handles having first and second end portions and an upper portion, said gift box having first and second inside surfaces, the machine comprising:

• (a) a base member;
• (b) first and second side walls extending upward from said base member;
• (c) a first handle support member having a support surface adapted to retain the first handle, said first handle support member being moveably engaged with said first and second side walls;
• and
• (d) a second handle support member having a support surface adapted to retain the second handle, said first and second handle support members being operable from a first normally horizontal position wherein the first and second handles may be inserted thereon and provided with the adhesive material to a second substantially vertical position wherein the first and second handles may be attached to the gift box.