US 11,572,227 B2 · Thermally insulated shipping system for pallet-sized payload, methods of making and using the same, and kit for use therein

Abstract

Thermally insulated shipping system for use in transporting a pallet-sized payload. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of thermally insulating walls arranged to define an interior volume suitable for receiving a pallet-sized payload. The thermally insulating walls include a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall, of which all but the bottom wall include at least two slots facing towards the interior volume. One of the slots is an inner slot that is more proximal to the interior volume, and one of the slots is an outer slot that is more distal to the interior volume. The system also includes a plurality of inner cassettes disposed in at least some of the inner slots and a plurality of outer cassettes disposed in at least some of the outer slots. The inner and outer cassettes include phase-change materials.

Claims31

Dependent claims

A shipping system for use in transporting a pallet-sized payload, the shipping system comprising:

(a) a plurality of walls, the plurality of walls being arranged to define an interior volume suitable for receiving a pallet-sized payload, wherein at least one of the walls comprises at least two slots facing towards the interior volume, one of the slots being an inner slot that is more proximal to the interior volume and one of the slots being an outer slot that is more distal to the interior volume;
and
(b) a first cassette, the first cassette comprising a quantity of phase-change material and being removably mounted in one of the inner slot and the outer slot.

A shipping system for use in transporting a pallet-sized payload, the shipping system comprising:

(a) a plurality of thermally insulating walls, the plurality of thermally insulating walls being arranged to define an interior volume suitable for receiving a pallet-sized payload, the plurality of thermally insulating walls comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall, wherein at least two of the top wall, the front wall, the rear wall, the left wall, and the right wall comprise at least two slots facing towards the interior volume, one of the slots being an inner slot that is more proximal to the interior volume and one of the slots being an outer slot that is more distal to the interior volume;
(b) a plurality of inner cassettes, the plurality of inner cassettes being disposed in at least some of the inner slots, each of the inner cassettes comprising at least a first phase-change material;
and
(c) a plurality of outer cassettes, the plurality of outer cassettes being disposed in at least some of the outer slots, each of the outer cassettes comprising at least a second phase-change material, the second phase-change material being different from the first phase-change material.

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A shipping system for use in transporting a pallet-sized payload, the shipping system comprising:

(a) a plurality of thermally insulating walls, the plurality of thermally insulating walls being arranged to define an interior volume suitable for receiving a pallet-sized payload, the plurality of thermally insulating walls comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall, wherein each of the front wall, the rear wall, the left wall, and the right wall comprises at least two slots facing towards the interior volume, one of the slots being an inner slot that is more proximal to the interior volume and one of the slots being an outer slot that is more distal to the interior volume;
(b) a first inner sleeve, the first inner sleeve disposed in the inner slot of the front wall and comprising a phase-change material;
(c) a second inner sleeve, the second inner sleeve disposed in the inner slot of the rear wall and comprising a phase-change material;
(d) a third inner sleeve, the third inner sleeve disposed in the inner slot of the left wall and comprising a phase-change material;
and
(e) a fourth inner sleeve, the fourth inner sleeve disposed in the inner slot of the right wall and comprising a phase-change material.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/687,210Filed 18 Nov 2019 · continuation

Priority

6 Oct 2015

Published

US 2020/0307896 A11 Oct 2020

Granted

7 Feb 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification29 codes

B65D 81/3823
Rigid container being in the form of a box, tray or like container: formed of different materials, e.g. laminated or foam filling between walls
B65D 19/06
Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets: with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components
F25D 3/06
Using ice, e.g. ice-boxes: movable containers
B65D 2519/00019
For the load supporting surface: paper

Family

Application62/237,766Us provisional application · filed 6 Oct 2015

Application62/399,912Us provisional application · filed 26 Sep 2016

Application15/287,701Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Oct 2016

US 2020/0307896 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Oct 2020

US 10,661,969 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2017/0121097 A1Published application

US 11,572,227 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Thermally insulated shipping system for pallet-sized payload, methods of making and using the same, and kit for use therein

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Thermally insulated shipping system for pallet-sized payload, methods of making and using the same, and kit for use therein

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Abstract

Claims31