A thermal control board and insulating transport and storage container thereof
AssigneeSoftbox Systems Limited
InventorsEdwin Francis TATTAM, Baptiste KUHN, Padriac Thomas O'HARA
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of the transportation and storage of goods and, in particular, to a box or box-like transport container formed of corrugated board or laminated board that can provide a high degree of thermal insulation. More particularly, the present invention relates to board for the use in such storage containers formed from such board that comprise a box or box-like container, being a hand-held container or a pallet shipper.
Claims30
1) A thermally insulating laminated board comprising:
- a first generally planar sheet of substrate;
- a second generally planar sheet of substrate,
- an insulating sheet material operably secured between the first and second sheets;
- Wherein the insulating material comprises one or more layers;
- Wherein at least one layer is provided with an array of apertures;
- and,
- Wherein at least one sheet is provided with a passive reflectance layer.
25) A method of creating a thermally insulating laminated board comprising the steps of:
- Obtaining first generally planar sheet of substrate;
- placing an insulating sheet material operably secured between the first and second sheets;
- placing a second generally planar sheet of substrate;
- and
- fastening the sheets together by the use of one or more of adhesive, compression, placement in an enclosure;
- Wherein the sheets are generally coextensive;
- Wherein the insulating material comprises one or more layers;
- Wherein at least one layer is provided with an array of apertures;
- and,
- Wherein at least one sheet is provided with a passive reflectance layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.