Patent ID: 6299950
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: G21F,Y10T

Abstract:
A shipping container comprising:1) an outer container having a wall, a bottom, a dismountable cover and a hollow interior;2) a liner having sides and a bottom being smaller in every dimension than said outer container;3) an inner container having a wall, a bottom, a dismountable cover and a hollow interior, said inner container being smaller in every dimension than said liner; and4) a thermally insulating and energy-absorbing material disposed between said inner container and said outer container in all directions, said thermally insulating and energy-absorbing material consisting essentially of a mixture ofa) vermiculite;b) portland cement;c) water; andd) air, constituting a void volume;said mixture having been dried after being packed between said liner and said outer container to contain not more than 5 pounds per cubic feet of water and to exhibit a compressive stress no greater than 500 psi over a range of 10 to 40% compressive strain.