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Passive thermally regulated knockdown shipping container

a shipping container and thermal regulation technology, applied in the direction of transportation and packaging, domestic cooling devices, lighting and heating devices, etc., can solve the problems of training technicians to assemble and disassemble, storage and return transportation of empty containers remains an ongoing problem,

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-09-05
PELI BIOTHERMAL LLC （N D GES D STAATES DELAWARE）
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The invention is a sidewall component for a knockdown shipping container that can be easily assembled and disassembled for use. The sidewall component is made up of two hingedly interconnected panels that each carry a detachable panel of fragile thermal insulation. The container also includes interchangeable end panels and a plurality of primary and secondary connection mechanisms for forming a thermally regulated payload retention chamber. A stackable panel is also provided that can be easily stacked and secured in place using projections and depressions on the panels. The technical effects of the invention include improved insulation, easy assembly / disassembly, and secure stacking of the container panels.

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While generally effective for maintaining an object to be shipped at a nominally heated or cooled temperature, the storage and return transport of empty containers remains an ongoing issue.
Efforts to construct foldable or knockdown passive thermally regulated shipping containers in an effort to minimize the space occupied by empty containers have meet with limited success as such containers tend to provide limited thermal regulation, are labor intensive and / or require trained technicians to assemble and disassemble.

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[0017]As utilized herein, including the claims, the term “detachable” means capable of being detached without application of violent force and without damage to or destruction of either the item being detached or the substrate from which the item is being detached.

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[0018]10 Passive Thermally Regulated Shipping Container[0019]19 Payload Retention Chamber[0020]20 Outer Structural Shell[0021]21 Structural End Panel[0022]211 Upper Structural End Panel[0023]212 Lower Structural End Panel[0024]21i Interior Major Surface of Structural End Panel[0025]21j Exterior Major Surface of Structural End Panel[0026]21p Projections Extending from the Exterior Major Surface of Structural End Panel[0027]21d Depressions in the Exterior Major Surface of Structural End Panel[0028]22 Structural Sidewall Component[0029]22i Interior Major Surface of Structural Sidewall Component[0030]22j Exterior Major Surface of Structural Sidewall Component[0031]23 Sidewall Panel on Structural Sidewall...

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Abstract

A stackable, passive thermally regulated, knockdown shipping container. The container includes (i) a pair of separate and independent interchangeable end panels, each carrying a detachable panel of fragile thermal insulation, and (ii) a plurality of separate and independent sidewall components each having at least two hingedly interconnected structural panels which carry a detachable panel of fragile thermal insulation. The end panels are each configured and arranged with (a) an external set of projections operable for stably supporting the container on a planar surface, and (b) an external set of depressions. The depressions are configured and arranged such that each projection on the panel, if inverted, would nest within a corresponding depression on the panel upon rotation of the inverted set of projections a defined angular distance about a longitudinal axis of the container relative to the set of depressions.

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BACKGROUND[0001]Thermally labile goods are frequently transported or shipped in passive thermally regulated shipping containers (i.e., a thermally insulated container containing a thermally conditioned phase change material such as ice). While generally effective for maintaining an object to be shipped at a nominally heated or cooled temperature, the storage and return transport of empty containers remains an ongoing issue.[0002]Efforts to construct foldable or knockdown passive thermally regulated shipping containers in an effort to minimize the space occupied by empty containers have meet with limited success as such containers tend to provide limited thermal regulation, are labor intensive and / or require trained technicians to assemble and disassemble.[0003]Accordingly, a substantial need continues to exist for knockdown passive thermally regulated shipping container that provides superior thermal regulation and is quick and easy to assemble and disassemble without error.SUMMARY ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D6/10B65D6/18B65D81/38
CPCB65D21/0223B65D81/3862B65D11/1893
Inventor MAYER, WILLIAM T.
Owner PELI BIOTHERMAL LLC （N D GES D STAATES DELAWARE）
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