Abstract: A trash can automatic lid stabilizer includes a base that is securable to the perimeter sidewall of a trash can. An arm is pivotally connected to an upper end of the base. A first magnetic coupler is disposed on an upper end of the arm. A second magnetic coupler can be connected to the lid of the trash can, such that the first magnetic coupler is configured to removably secure to the second magnetic coupler. The arm is configured to rotate away from the trash can when the trash can is rotated to an upended position and the lid moves to an open position, and further configured to rotate toward the trash can and overtop the lid after the lid returns to a closed position when the trash can is rotated to an upright position. The arm retains the lid in a closed position when the trash can is upright.

Abstract: A paperboard blank for forming a carton and a machine for applying the same to a series of containers for forming a package without the need for glue or other adhesives and including novel gussets attached between a locking panel and a front panel, the gussets being properly placed in position by the machine and held in place by the weight of the containers in the finished package, thereby holding the front panel in a closed position. A particular embodiment includes drinking straws, or the like, which are protected by the front panels upon assembly of the completed package.