Article carrier and blank therefor

An article carrier for packaging articles, the article carrier comprising a main panel having a plurality of article retention structures each comprising an aperture defined through the main panel, the apertures being arranged in rows and columns to form a rectangular array such that the apertures include four corner apertures, the main panel comprising four peripheral edges comprising a first edge and a second edge opposing the first edge, and a third edge and a fourth edge opposing the third edge, wherein a first one of the four corner apertures is located at a portion of the main panel defined by an intersection of the first edge and the third edge, a second one of the four corner apertures is located at a portion of the main panel defined by an intersection of the second edge and the fourth edge, and wherein a first distance defined between the first edge and a center of the first one of the four corner apertures is substantially different from a second distance defined between the second edge and a center of the second one of the four corner apertures.

A set of article carriers comprising at least two article carriers arranged next to each other and detachably connected together by a severance line to form a connected carrier group, each article carrier of the set comprising a main panel having a plurality of article retention structures each comprising an aperture defined through the main panel, wherein the apertures of the connected carrier group are arranged in one or more rows, the connected carrier group comprises peripheral edges comprising a first edge and a second edge opposing the first edge, and at least a portion of each of the first edge and the second edge is disposed parallel to the severance line, wherein the apertures of the connected carrier group comprise a first aperture disposed at an end of the one or more rows and adjacent to the first edge, the apertures of the connected carrier group further comprising a second aperture and a third aperture that are disposed next to each other on opposite sides of the severance line such that the severance line extends between the second aperture and the third aperture, wherein a first distance defined between the first edge and a center of the first aperture is less than one half of a second distance defined between a center of the second aperture and a center of the third aperture.