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.
Claims22
A beverage container packing tray, comprising:
- a plurality of beverage container contoured compartments each configured to receive one or more beverage containers in a lay flat configuration, and each of 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, 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,
- wherein the thermo pack compartment includes a recessed area configured to house the transport thermo pack adjacent to a neck of a beverage container.
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;
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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,
- wherein at least one of the one or more thermo pack compartments includes a recessed area configured to house the transport thermo pack adjacent to a neck of a beverage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.