Article carrier and blank therefor

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

• a plurality of primary panels for forming walls of a tray, the plurality of panels comprising:
• a base panel;
• a pair of opposed side walls, hingedly connected to the base panel;
• and
• a pair of opposed end walls, hingedly connected to the base panel, the blank further comprising:
• at least one corner structure for coupling one of the pair of opposed side walls to one of the pair of opposed end walls, the corner structure comprising:
• a corner panel extending between said end wall and said side wall, when the article carrier is in an erected condition,
• wherein the corner panel is hingedly connected to one of said end wall or said side wall by a first hinged connection, the corner structure further comprising:
• a web panel hingedly connected to the corner panel by a second hinged connection;
• and
• a securing panel hingedly connected to the web panel by a third hinged connection,
• wherein the securing panel is securable to the other one of the end wall and the side wall to which the corner panel is hingedly connected, and
• wherein the blank is foldable into a flat collapsed tray, in which the securing panel is disposed between the end wall and the side wall, and is erectable into a tray, in which the securing panel is disposed between the web panel and the end wall or the side wall to which it is secured.

A flat collapsed carrier for forming a tray, the carrier comprising:

• a plurality of primary panels for forming walls of the tray, the plurality of panels comprising:
• a base panel;
• a pair of opposed side walls, hingedly connected to the base panel;
• and
• a pair of opposed end walls, hingedly connected to the base panel, the flat collapsed carrier further comprising:
• a plurality of corner structures for coupling each of the pair of opposed side walls to each of the pair of opposed end walls, each of the corner structures comprising at least two panels coupling a respective end wall to a respective side wall, one of the at least two panels is hingedly connected to one of the side wall or the end wall, and another of the at least two panels is secured to the other one of the side wall or the end wall,
• wherein the at least two panels are disposed between the side wall and the end wall which they coupled together, and wherein each of the pair of opposed side walls comprises a proximal portion hingedly connected to the base panel and a distal portion hingedly connected to the proximal portion, the distal portion of one of the pair of opposed side walls being disposed in at least partial overlying relationship with the distal portion of the other one of the pair of opposed side walls.