Article carrier and blank therefor

A blank for forming an article carrier, the blank comprising:

• a plurality of panels for forming walls of the carrier including a first side panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel,
• the first side panel being hinged to the bottom panel by a first hinged connection having a length and the bottom panel being asymmetrical and having first and second opposed end edges, the first end edge of the bottom panel being offset from a first end edge of the adjacent first side panel by a first distance, the second end edge of the bottom panel being offset from a second end edge of the adjacent first side panel by a second distance, and the first distance being greater than the second distance,
• the bottom panel comprising a beveled corner, the beveled corner being located at an intersection of the first end edge of the bottom panel with a free side edge of the bottom panel, the free side edge being opposite from a side edge of the bottom panel that is hinged to the first side panel,
• wherein a center line is defined by a notional line through a center of the blank, positioned half-way along the length of the blank,
• wherein a corner distance is defined as the distance between a notional line coincident with the first end edge of the bottom panel and a notional line that is coincident with a termination of the beveled corner along said free side edge and that is parallel to the notional line coincident with the first end edge of the bottom panel,
• wherein a first center distance is defined as the distance between the first end edge of the bottom panel and the center line, and
• wherein the corner distance is greater than or equal to the first center distance.

An article carrier formed from a blank, the article carrier comprising:

• a plurality of outer walls comprising first and second side panels and a bottom panel;
• wherein the bottom panel is adjacently hinged to the first side panel by a first hinged connection having a length, the bottom panel being asymmetrical and having first and second opposed end edges,
• wherein the first end edge is offset from a first end edge of the first side panel by a first distance,
• wherein the second end edge of the bottom panel is offset from a second end edge of the first side panel by a second distance, and
• wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance;
• and
• the bottom panel comprising a beveled corner, which beveled corner is located at an intersection of the first end edge of the bottom panel with a free side edge of the bottom panel, which free side edge is opposite from a side edge of the bottom panel that is hinged to the first side panel,
• wherein the first side panel has a width defined as the distance between first and second end edges thereof, and the length of the first hinged connection is less than the width of the first side panel.