Patent ID: 8714387

Claim:
A transport package for a leak-risk liquid container, the transport package comprising: a casing for enclosing the container and formed of a complementary pair of casing-parts of impermeable material, arrangeable opposite each other for closure of the casing, one of the casing-parts having: a container-receiving depression extending in a direction outwards of the casing when closed and a rim around the depression, the rim adjoining the depression or being set away from it and extending in the outwards direction or in the opposite, inwards direction, and the other of the casing-parts having: a central region opposite the depression in the other casing-part when the casing is closed and a rim around the central region, the rim extending inwards of the casing when closed or outwards, the directions in which the rims extend being such that when the casing is closed the rims fit the one within the other, and a super-absorbent material lining on at least one of the casing-parts, the lining extending from one or both of the depression and the central region as far as and between the rims to provide a super-absorbent lining that entirely lines the at least one of the casing parts when the casing is closed including entirely lining between the portion of the rims that fit the one within the other, with negligible clearance at the rims either between the linings where both casing-parts are lined or between the lining of the lined one of the casing-parts and the other casing-part where one only is lined, wherein super-absorbent material lining on at least one of the casing-parts the arrangement being such that liquid accidentally released from an encased container is absorbed by the super-absorbent material centrally of the rims and does not penetrate appreciably between the rims, initial liquid (if any) reaching the said negligible clearance and swelling the super-absorbent material there, with further permeation of liquid being blocked by the swelling providing “gel blocking”.