Bubble mailer chill pack envelope

Abstract

An inner thermal container, molded from an expanded polystyrene, seals in temperature sensitive materials with a cooling means for maintaining a low temperature. Inner and outer coatings provide additional thermal, vapor, and moisture insulation. The inner thermal container is inserted and sealed in a bubble wrap mailer envelope with layers of vapor and moisture proof thermal insulation.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present utility patent application claims the benefit of provisional application No. 60 / 853,416 filed Oct. 23, 2006.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] Not Applicable. THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0003] Not Applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0004] The present invention relates to mailing packaging and in particular to a combination temperature insulated and shock resistant mailer system having an inner thermal container molded from an expanded polystyrene which seals in temperature sensitive materials with a cooling means for maintaining a low temperature, the inner thermal container being sealed in a bubble wrap mailer envelope with layers of vapor and moisture proof thermal insulation that is puncture resistant, together forming a temperature insulated, puncture resistant, and shock resistant mailer system for transporting a temperature...

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Benefits of technology

[0020] An advantage of the present invention is that it will keep the worry out of shipping pharmaceutical products from being damaged or stolen due to the double sealing with the outer bubble wrap mailer sealed envelope and sealed inner thermal container.

[0021] A related advantage of the present invention is that it is light weight but still sturdy enough of to survive an impact from other packages many times bigger and heavier in their size.

[0022] One more advantage of the present invention is that it exceeds all prior thermal and package security mailing solutions in the pharmaceutical industry intended to cut down the cost of cold temperature packaging.

[0023] A further advantage of the present invention is that it brings together materials made from highest thermal insulation and shock resistant technologies currently that are cost effective.

[0024] A significant advantage of the present invention is that it provides lower packaging costs providing (S-Value) cutting overhead shipping costs on packaging and on shipping rates because it is an envelope.

[0025] A related advantage of the present invention is that it would provide (S-Value) savings to corporate and private industries shipping any Rx pharmaceuticals, vitamins, and other products that require temperatures at a constant consistent cooled level to keep their product integrity.

Problems solved by technology

The current packaging being used today isn't the most cost effective packaging due to the lack of package sizes for small shipments, such as individual medical supply shipments and a lack of available packaging alternatives outside of packaging for large shipments of supplies from a manufacturer.

Due to having only oversized packaging available, the packaging for small medical shipments for individual use is often a large percentage of the cost of the actual products being shipped.

Many temperature sensitive pharmaceutical and medical products use EPS because comparable packaging materials can rarely offer the same level of thermal insulation.

However, EPS may absorb moisture when it is completely immersed due to its fine interstitial channels within the bead-like structure.

Prior art patents and published applications as listed below fail to provide a reasonably inexpensive and highly effective means for shipping small quantities of temperature sensitive products for individual usage.

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