Paperboard bottle carrier

A unitary paperboard blank for forming a bottle carrier, said blank being generally rectangular and having a fold line dividing said blank into upper and lower generally rectangular sections, said upper section having a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings, said bottom section having a like number of openings larger than said openings of said upper section and being homologously arranged so that upon folding said blank about said fold line and overlapping said upper and lower sections, said upper and said lower section bottle neck receiving openings are pairwise aligned, said upper section openings each having a plurality of cut lines extending through said paperboard blank and extending radially outwardly from each said upper section opening to thereby define a plurality of radially extending fingers for each said upper section opening, said upper section having a top surface and a bottom surface, a microcut line substantially transversely intersecting and at least substantially crossing each of said radially extending fingers, to thereby weaken the latter, each said microcut line extending from said top surface of said upper section towards said bottom surface of said upper section, said microcut line dividing each of said fingers into two radially spaced sections.