Package system and method
AssigneesDrayton Miller, Martin Fleit
InventorDrayton Miller
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Abstract
A packaging system having a container, a first radiant barrier covering the exterior of the container, an insulator covering the interior of the container, a second radiant barrier positioned in the container within the insulator for surrounding a payload, a payload surrounded by the second radiant barrier, a first phase change material having a preselected phase change temperature surrounding the payload in close proximity therewith, and a second phase change material having a phase change temperature higher than the first phase change temperature surrounding the first phase change material in close proximity therewith and being in close proximity with the second radiant barrier.
Claims16
A packaging system comprising a container, a first radiant barrier covering the exterior of the container, an insulator covering the interior of the container, a second radiant barrier positioned in the container within the insulator for surrounding a payload, a payload surrounded by the second radiant barrier, a first phase change material having a preselected phase change temperature surrounding the payload in close proximity therewith, and a second phase change material having a phase change temperature higher than the first phase change temperature surrounding the first phase change material in close proximity therewith and being in close proximity with the second radiant barrier.
A method of packaging a container for shipment comprising the steps of
- a. preparing a rigid container with an outer covering of a first radiant barrier,
- b. lining the entire interior surface of the rigid container with insulator material,
- c. placing a flexible container including a second radiant barrier in the rigid container with the bottom of the flexible container contacting the bottom of the rigid container,
- d. covering the bottom of the flexible container with first phase change material having a first predetermined phase change temperature,
- e. covering the first phase change material with second phase change material having a phase change temperature lower than that of said first phase change material,
- f. placing a payload on the second phase change material,
- g. surrounding the payload with second phase change material,
- h. surrounding the second phase change material with first phase change material,
- i. closing and sealing the flexible container,
- j. covering the closed and sealed flexible container with insulator material, and
- k. closing and sealing the rigid container.
A method of packing a container for shipment comprising the steps of
- a. preparing a rigid container with an outer covering of a first radiant barrier,
- b. lining the interior surface of the rigid container with insulator board
- c. placing a flexible container including a second radiant barrier in the rigid container with the bottom of the flexible container contacting the bottom of the rigid container,
- d. covering the bottom of the flexible container with first gel packs of a first predetermined phase change material,
- e. covering the first gel packs with second gel packs of a phase change material of a second phase change material having a lower phase change temperature,
- f. placing a payload on the second gel packs,
- g. surrounding the payload with second gel packs,
- h. surrounding the second gel packs with first gel packs,
- i. closing and sealing the flexible container,
- j. covering the closed and sealed flexible container with insulator board, and
- k. closing and sealing the rigid container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.