Patent ID: 6868982

Claim:
An insulated shipping container comprising: (a) an outer box; (b) an insulated insert, said insulated insert being slidably removably disposed within said outer box, said insulated insert comprising (i) a foamed polymer body shaped to define a rectangular prismatic cavity bounded by four rectangular side walls and a bottom wall, said foamed polymer body having an open top end, and (ii) a flexible, un-foamed polymer bag, said flexible, un-foamed polymer bag having an open end, a closed end and a generally uniform width over its length from said open end to said closed end and being integrally bonded to said foamed polymer body along said rectangular prismatic cavity, said open top end and said four rectangular side walls, wherein said generally uniform width of said flexible, un-foamed polymer bag is sized to be approximately equal to the outer dimension of said foamed polymer body; and (iii) wherein each of said foamed polymer body and said flexible, un-foamed polymer bag is in direct contact with said outer box and (c) an inner box, said inner box being slidably removably disposed within said insulated insert, said inner box being in direct contact with said flexible, un-foamed polymer bag.