Insulated packaging system using cellulose materials
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsArunkumar Madanagopal, Kenneth Orellana, Paulius Adomelis
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to temperature insulated packaging systems and related methods of manufacture and use that can be used for shipping perishable materials. An insulative insert is formed by folding one or more pieces of stock cellulose material along predetermined fold lines and folding slots to form an insert in a folded configuration suitable for insertion as an insulative liner within a container for use in shipment.
Claims17
A packaging insert formed from a cellulose material and configured for insulating a container, the packaging insert comprising:
- a single panel of cellulose material having an upper edge and a lower edge defining a vertical direction extending therebetween;
- a left edge and a right edge defining a lateral direction extending therebetween;
- and
- a plurality of internal folding slots, wherein each folding slot begins at the lower edge and extends toward the upper edge until reaching a folding slot terminus,
- each folding slot defining a vertical fold line extending from the terminus toward the upper edge in the vertical direction,
- each folding slot defining a primary lateral fold line extending from the terminus toward the left or right edge in the lateral direction,
- wherein sections below respective primary lateral fold lines are defined as a plurality of contiguous bottom sections and sections above respective primary lateral fold lines are defined as sidewall sections,
- wherein the plurality of internal folding slots are arranged with successively shorter or longer lengths such that the primary lateral fold lines are successively lower or higher,
- wherein the insert is configured such that folding along the primary lateral fold lines and along the vertical fold lines forms a folded configuration with a sidewall formed by the sidewall sections and a bottom formed by sequentially layering the contiguous bottom sections, the insert being insertable into a container when in the folded configuration.
An insulative packaging system, comprising:
- a packaging container;
- and
- at least one packaging insert, the packaging insert comprising:
- a single panel of cellulose material having an upper edge and a lower edge defining a vertical direction extending therebetween;
- a left edge and a right edge defining a lateral direction extending therebetween;
- and
- a plurality of internal folding slots, wherein each folding slot begins at the lower edge and extends toward the upper edge until reaching a folding slot terminus,
- each folding slot defining a vertical fold line extending from the terminus toward the upper edge in the vertical direction,
- each folding slot defining a primary lateral fold line extending from the terminus toward the left or right edge in the lateral direction,
- wherein sections below respective primary lateral fold lines are defined as a plurality of contiguous bottom sections and sections above respective primary lateral fold lines are defined as sidewall sections,
- wherein the plurality of internal folding slots are arranged with successively shorter or longer lengths such that the primary lateral fold lines are successively lower or higher,
- wherein the insert is configured such that folding along the primary lateral fold lines and along the vertical fold lines forms a folded configuration with a sidewall formed by the sidewall sections and a bottom formed by sequentially layering the contiguous bottom sections, the insert being insertable into a container when in the folded configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.