Recyclable insert for shipping container
AssigneeVericool World, LLC
InventorDarrell Jobe
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Abstract
A thermal insulation article for placement in a shipping container to hold an item includes a thermally insulating pad shaped to be positioned in a cavity of a rectangular prism shipping container to be adjacent to and cover one or more of a floor, four side walls and cover of the container while leaving an interior space to receive the item. The thermally insulating pad includes a compostable panel that holds together as a single unit and is formed primarily of starch, the panel providing a rectangular plate dimensioned to substantially span whichever of the floor, plurality of side walls or cover that the rectangular plate is adjacent, and a compostable or recyclable water-proof polymer film forming a pocket and surrounding the panel with the panel slidable within the pocket.
Claims16
A thermal insulation article for placement in a shipping container to hold an item, comprising:
- a thermally insulating pad shaped to be positioned in a cavity of a rectangular prism shipping container to be adjacent to and cover one or more of a floor, four side walls and cover of the container while leaving an interior space to receive the item, wherein the thermally insulating pad includes
- a compostable panel that holds together as a single unit and is formed primarily of starch, the panel providing a rectangular plate dimensioned to substantially span whichever of the floor, plurality of side walls or cover that the rectangular plate is adjacent, and
- a compostable or recyclable water-proof polymer film forming a pocket and surrounding the panel with the panel slidable within the pocket.
A thermal insulation article for placement in a shipping container to hold an item, comprising:
- a thermally insulating pad shaped to be positioned in a cavity of a rectangular prism shipping container to be adjacent to and cover one or more of a floor, four side walls and cover of the container while leaving an interior space to receive the item, wherein the thermally insulating pad includes
- a compostable panel that holds together as a single unit and is formed primarily of starch, the panel providing a rectangular plate dimensioned to substantially span whichever of the floor, plurality of side walls or cover that the rectangular plate is adjacent, and
- a compostable or recyclable water-proof polymer film forming a pocket and surrounding the panel with an interior of the pocket evacuated of air but without the film being bonded to the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.