Patent ID: 6244458
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: B65D,F25D

Abstract:
An insulated container comprising:interior wall;exterior wall surrounding the interior wall, with a space between the interior wall and the exterior wall, the interior wall and the exterior wall defining a plurality of generally planar sides of the insulated container each planar side having a length and a width;vacuum panels disposed in the space between the interior wall and the exterior wall, each vacuum panel having a first side toward the interior wall and a second side toward the exterior wall, with a thickness between the first side and the second side, each vacuum panel having a length and a width which exceeds the thickness, each vacuum panel extending over a substantial entirety of the length and the width of one of the planar sides of the insulated container; andcompressible insulation fill in the space between the interior wall and the exterior wall, the compressible insulation fill being about as long or longer than the length of each of the planar sides and being about as wide or wider than the width of each of the planar sides such that the compressible insulation fill extends along a substantial entirety of at least one of the first and second sides of the vacuum panel, the compressible insulation fill being flexible, wherein the compressible insulation fill comprises a sheet material layer formed independently of the vacuum panel with a generally uniform thickness, the sheet material layer being individually wrapped entirely around both the first and second sides of each vacuum panel.