Reusable container for transporting, inspecting, and/or storing a fuel cell

A reusable container for transporting and/or storing a fuel cell including a liquid fuel bladder, the container comprising:

• a floor and walls defining an interior space sized to receive and contain the liquid fuel bladder;
• at least one resilient cushioning insert sized to nest within the interior space, shaped to cradle and support the liquid fuel bladder above the floor and away from the walls, and having an aperture formed therein which extends therethrough from an inwardly-facing surface to an outwardly-facing surface of the cushioning insert;
• and
• a plurality of straps that extend inwardly from the walls of the container for attachment to the liquid fuel bladder when the fuel cell is placed within the container, the straps being distributed along at least some of the walls on opposing sides of the interior space and being tensionable when attached to the liquid fuel bladder so as to suspend at least a portion of the fuel cell from the walls of the container,
• wherein said at least one resilient cushioning insert includes a lower cushioning insert having three distinct sloped portions including:
• a first sloped portion having a first slope;
• a second sloped portion having a second slope that slopes upwardly away from first sloped portion;
• and
• a third sloped portion having a third slope that slopes upwardly away from the first and second sloped portions, and wherein:
• the first slope is greater than the second slope and greater than the third slope, and
• at least one of the first, second, and third slopes is constant along an entire length of the respective first, second, or third sloped portion.