Pallet cover comprising one or more temperature-control members and kit for use in making the pallet cover

A kit for use in constructing a pallet cover, the pallet cover being suitable for covering at least a portion of a payload on a pallet, the kit comprising:

• (a) a top wall;
• (b) a front wall, the front wall being connected to the top wall;
• (c) a rear wall, the rear wall being connected to the top wall;
• (d) a left side wall, the left side wall being detachably joinable to each of the front wall and the rear wall;
• (e) a right side wall, the right side wall being detachably joinable to the front wall and the rear wall;
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• (f) a plurality of temperature-control members, each of the temperature-control members comprising a container containing phase-change material;
• (g) wherein each of said top wall, said front wall, said rear wall, said left side wall, and said right side wall comprises a plurality of pockets, each of the pockets being suitable for removably receiving at least one temperature-control member.

A pallet cover suitable for use in covering at least a portion of a payload on a pallet, the pallet cover comprising:

• (a) a first subassembly, said first subassembly comprising (1) a central portion, (11) a first end portion disposed at a first end of the central portion, and (iii) a second end portion disposed at a second end of the central portion;
• (b) a second subassembly, said second subassembly comprising (1) a central portion, (11) a first end portion disposed at a first end of the central portion, and (iii) a second end portion disposed at a second end of the central portion;
• (c) wherein each of the first end portion of the first subassembly, the second end portion of the first subassembly, the central portion of the second subassembly, the first end portion of the second subassembly, and the second end portion of the second subassembly comprises at least one a plurality of pockets and a plurality of temperature-control member and wherein the central portion of the first subassembly is devoid of a temperature control member members, wherein each of the pockets of the first subassembly extends generally parallel to the first end and the second end of the central portion of the first subassembly, wherein each of the pockets of the second subassembly extends generally parallel to the first end and the second end of the central portion of the second subassembly, wherein each of the plurality of temperature-control members comprises at least one container containing phase-change material, and wherein each of the plurality of temperature-control members is removably mounted in a different one of the plurality of pockets;
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• (d) wherein one of the central portion of the second subassembly and the central portion of the first subassembly is mounted over the other of the central portion of the first subassembly and the central portion of the second subassembly and wherein the first and second end portions of the first subassembly are offset relative to the first and second end portions of the second subassembly, whereby, when the pallet cover is positioned over a payload on a pallet, the central portions of the first and second subassemblies are positioned substantially over the top of the payload and the first and second end portions of the first and second subassemblies are positioned substantially along the sides of the payload.