# US 2014/0196496 A1 · Delivery container for temperature sensitive goods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196496 A1 - Document ID: US20140196496A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/239,134 - Filed: 2012-08-15 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-16 - Assignees: Gary Wayne FERGUSON; John Peter SEARLE - Inventors: Gary Wayne Ferguson; Keith Wyness - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196496A1 ## CPC - F25D 11/003: {Transport containers} - B62B 3/003: {Non-transparent side walls} - B62B 3/004: {Details of doors or cover lids} - B62B 5/00: Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts ({B62B3/1404} , B62B9/00 take precedence; wheels, axles, or axle bearings for vehicles B60B; castors for vehicles, castors in general B60B33/00) - F25D 3/06: Movable containers - F25D 3/125: {Movable containers} - B62B 2204/04: comprising a cooling unit - B62B 2204/06: comprising insulating materials - B62B 2501/065: Plastics - F25D 2303/0844: above the product - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) - B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M) ## Abstract A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods is provided having sidewalls, a rear wall, top and bottom walls all of a heat insulated construction, an upright access opening opposite the rear wall and a door assembly for selectively closing the access opening. Multiple generally upright cavities are associated with the sidewalls and rear wall. A cooling gas distribution arrangement includes a refrigerant receiving recess (12) provided in a refrigerant support tray having surfaces (15) inclined downwardly towards an upper region of the sidewalls and rear wall for distributing cooling gases generated by refrigerant located in the refrigerant receiving recess (12) to openings communicating with the multiple upright cavities, in use. The door assembly preferably includes an uppermost panel (35) that opens separately from the balance (36, 37, 38) of the door to provide access to the refrigerant receiving recess (12) for installing or removing refrigerant whilst the rest of the door assembly remains closed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods, the delivery container having sidewalls, a rear wall, a top and a bottom wall all of a heat insulated construction, an upright access opening opposite the rear wall, a door assembly for selectively closing the access opening, and a cooling gas distribution arrangement including a refrigerant receiving recess in a top region of an interior of the container and multiple generally upright cavities associated with the sidewalls and rear wall, wherein the refrigerant receiving recess is provided in a refrigerant support tray having surfaces inclined downwardly towards an upper region of the sidewalls and rear wall of the delivery container for distributing cooling gases generated by refrigerant located in the refrigerant receiving recess to openings communicating with the multiple upright cavities, in use. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods as claimed in claim 1 in which the refrigerant support tray is removable from the delivery container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods as claimed in claim 1 in which the multiple upright cavities are in the form of upright flutes between twin walls of an extruded plastics sheet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods as claimed in claim 3 in which the extruded plastics sheet is removable from the delivery container. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods as claimed in claim 1 in which at least a part of the bottom of the refrigerant receiving recess is of a thermally conductive material with the balance of the support tray being of heat insulating material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A delivery container for refrigerated goods as claimed in claim 1 in which the gas distribution arrangement includes a perforated gutter having a perforated metal section with an upper upright flange connected to an inwardly offset lower flange by way of an integral inclined web through which perforations pass. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods as claimed in claim 1 in which the refrigerant support tray is removable in the manner of a drawer and the inclined surfaces are partially carried by a removable refrigerant support tray and partially by a ledge that extends inwards from the side wall and rear wall of the delivery container and that serves to support the tray. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods as claimed in claim 1 in which the refrigerant support tray forms part of a support tray assembly that occupies the entire space between the side walls and rear wall and the downwardly inclined surfaces communicate directly with openings communicating with the multiple cavities ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A delivery container for temperature sensitive goods as claimed in claim 8 in which the openings are the open ends of flutes of a fluted twin wall sheet. ### Claim at position 10 10-15. (canceled)