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US 11,685,570 B2Granted
Thermal regulating lay flat beverage container packaging
AssigneeAcorn West LLC
InventorsJohn Gilligan, Ron Valtierra, Justin Haas
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Abstract
Beverage container packing trays, systems, and techniques of packing beverage containers include at least a beverage container tray including beverage container contoured compartments configured to receive one or more beverage containers in a lay flat configuration. The beverage container contoured compartments include at least a cradle element, a conical element, and a neck support element. The beverage container tray includes thermo pack compartments that house transport thermo packs adjacent to at least a portion of the beverage containers.
Claims28
A beverage container packing tray, comprising:
- beverage container contoured compartments configured to receive one or more beverage containers in a lay flat configuration, the beverage container contoured compartments including at least a cradle element, a conical element, and a neck support element;
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- at least one thermo pack compartment including one or more dividers, the thermo pack compartment configured to receive a transport thermo pack at least partially in contact with, in the beverage container packing tray with, and adjacent to at least a portion of the beverage containers.
A beverage container packing system, comprising:
- a first beverage container packing tray including beverage container contoured compartments and one or more thermo pack compartments including one or more dividers, each of the beverage container contoured compartments configured to receive a beverage container in a lay flat configuration and the thermo pack compartments configured to receive a transport thermo pack at least partially in contact with, in the first beverage container packing tray with, and adjacent to at least a portion of a beverage container;
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- a second beverage container packing tray defining second beverage container contoured compartments and second thermo pack compartments, the second beverage container packing tray substantially similar to the first beverage container packing tray.
A method of packing beverage containers, comprising:
- placing a plurality of beverage containers in a plurality of bottle contoured compartments in a first beverage container packing tray, the compartments configured to receive a beverage container in a lay flat configuration, the contoured compartments including at least a cradle element, a conical element, and a neck support element;
- placing at least one transport thermo pack in a thermo pack compartment including one or more dividers, the thermo pack compartment configured to house a thermo pack at least partially in contact with, in the first beverage container packing tray with, and adjacent to at least one of the beverage containers;
- assembling a tray assembly by placing a second beverage container packing tray onto the first beverage container packing tray so that beverage containers and transport thermo packs are at least partially encapsulated by the first and second beverage container packing trays;
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- placing the tray assembly in a shipping container.
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A beverage container packing system, comprising:
- a first beverage container packing tray including beverage container contoured compartments and one or more thermo pack compartments, each of the beverage container contoured compartments configured to receive a beverage container in a lay flat configuration and the thermo pack compartments configured to receive a transport thermo pack at least partially in contact with, in the first beverage container packing tray with, and adjacent to at least a portion of a beverage container, wherein the beverage container contoured compartments include a bottle cradle element, a conical element, and bottle neck support element, the bottle neck support element terminating at a partition wall so that a neck of the beverage container passes through the partition wall into the thermo pack compartment;
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- a second beverage container packing tray defining second beverage container contoured compartments and second thermo pack compartments, the second beverage container packing tray substantially similar to the first beverage container packing tray.
A beverage container packing tray, comprising:
- beverage container contoured compartments configured to receive one or more beverage containers in a lay flat configuration, the beverage container contoured compartments including at least a cradle element, a conical element, and a neck support element;
- and
- at least one thermo pack compartment configured to receive a transport thermo pack at least partially in contact with, in the beverage container packing tray with, and adjacent to at least a portion of the beverage containers, wherein the beverage container contoured compartments and the thermo pack compartment are separated by a partition wall and the neck support element terminates at the partition wall so that a neck one or more of the beverage containers passes through the partition wall into the thermo pack compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.