Patent ID: 8763811
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B65D,F25D,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An improved insulated and cushioning shipping container, said shipping container comprising: an exterior cardboard box defining a floor wall, and plural side walls, said walls cooperatively defining a cavity and an opening to said cavity, and means for closing said opening; wall structure within said cavity and defining a product cavity; a mass of insulating material of pellet/granular form received and distributed substantially about said product cavity between said wall structure and said exterior cardboard box; and said wall structure being configured for applying a compressive stress and strain to said insulating material in at least one of three mutually orthogonal horizontal “x”, “y”, and “z” directions, so that said pellets/granules of insulating material mutually engage and interlock with one another, whereby said insulating material is inhibited from migration during shipping of said container; wherein a portion of said insulating material is disposed in an insulating and cushioning pad member disposed within said wall structure, whereby said insulating and cushioning pad is subjected to compressive stress and strain within said wall structure to effectively compressively interlock said insulating material against migration of said pellet/granular insulating material during transit of said shipping container.