Patent ID: 9022249
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B32B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A packaging system for shipping a temperature sensitive payload, the packaging system comprising: an outer box; an inner box nested within the outer box and having a bottom, sides and a top, the inner box defining a payload compartment, the bottom and sides having outer facing surfaces facing away from the payload compartment; vacuum insulated panels adhered to the outer facing surfaces of the inner box, each vacuum insulated panel being generally rectilinear in shape and comprising flat outer facing and inner facing sides, three substantially flat side edges and a substantially flat top edge; and polyurethane foam located between the vacuum insulated panels and the outer box, the polyurethane foam forming a single unitary structure that covers the top edges of the vacuum insulated panels so the vacuum insulated panels are completely enclosed on the top edges and outer facing sides by the polyurethane foam; wherein the polyurethane foam has an R-value and the vacuum insulated panels have an R-value equal to or greater than the R-value of the polyurethane foam.