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US 10,501,254 B2Granted
Thermally insulated package
AssigneePeli BioThermal Limited
InventorsRichard Wood, Sean Austerberry, Kevin Valentine, Karen Adams
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Abstract
A thermally insulating package comprises an outer shell (6) formed from a foam insulating material, a plurality of vacuum insulated panels (12) removably received on the walls of the outer shell (6) and a plurality of phase change material panels (18) arranged within the vacuum insulated panels (12) to define a payload space.
Claims16
A thermally insulated package comprising:
- a thermally insulating shell of a foam material, the shell comprising a plurality of walls and a plurality of corner post, each respective one of the corner posts being fixed to a respective pair of the walls at a corner of the shell, one or more of the walls each providing a back surface of an open topped pocket defined between two corresponding ones of the corner posts, each of the two corresponding ones of the corner posts having a surface facing the pocket, the surface of at least one of the two corresponding ones of the corner posts having a slot formed therein, and the pocket having an open side facing toward a center of the shell;
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- a phase change material (PCM) panel comprising a peripheral flange configured to be slidably inserted in the slot while each of the corner posts remains fixed to the respective pair of the walls;
- wherein, when the peripheral flange is in the slot, the PCM panel is arranged at least partially within the pocket and is selectively removable from the pocket while each of the corner posts remains fixed to the respective pair of the walls;
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- wherein the shell defining a payload volume that is bordered by the PCM panel when the peripheral flange of the PCM panel is in the slot, and wherein the open side of the pocket is open to the payload volume.
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A thermally insulated package comprising:
- a thermally insulating shell of a foam material, the shell comprising a plurality of walls and a plurality of corner post, each respective one of the corner posts being fixed to a respective pair of the walls at a corner of the shell, one or more of the walls each providing a back surface of an open topped pocket defined between two corresponding ones of the corner posts, each of the two corresponding ones of the corner posts having a surface facing the pocket, the surface of at least one of the two corresponding ones of the corner posts having a slot formed therein, and the pocket having an open side facing toward a center of the shell;
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- a phase change material (PCM) panel comprising a peripheral flange configured to be slidably inserted in the slot while each of the corner posts remains fixed to the respective pair of the walls;
- wherein, when the peripheral flange is in the slot, the PCM panel is arranged at least partially within the pocket and is selectively removable from the pocket while each of the corner posts remains fixed to the respective pair of the walls;
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- wherein the shell is free of insulating material between the PCM panel and the payload volume when the peripheral flange of the PCM panel is in the slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.