Patent ID: 8919598

Claim:
A vacuum insulation panel assembly, comprising: an upper vacuum insulation panel having a top outer surface and a bottom inner surface, an aperture formed therethrough and a recess formed along a bottom edge in the bottom inner surface for forming an overlap joint portion; a lower vacuum insulation panel having a bottom outer surface and top inner surface, an aperture formed therethrough and a recess formed along a top edge in the top inner surface for forming an overlap joint portion; an arcuate, half-cylindrical first side vacuum insulation panel having an outer convex surface and an inner concave surface, the first side vacuum insulation panel having: (i) at least one to recess formed in a top edge of the outer convex surface, the at least top one recess configured to fit within and engage the recess in the upper vacuum insulation panel thereby forming an overlap joint with the upper vacuum insulation panel, (ii) at least one bottom recess formed in a bottom edge of the outer convex surface, the at least one bottom recess configured to fit within and engage the recess in the lower vacuum insulation panel thereby forming an overlap joint with the lower vacuum insulation panel, and (iii) first and second side edges, the first and second side edges each having at least one side recess for forming an overlap joint portion; and an arcuate, half-cylindrical second side vacuum insulation panel having an outer convex surface and an inner concave surface, the second side vacuum insulation panel having: (i) at least one top recess formed in a top edge of the outer convex surface, the at least one top recess configured to fit within and engage the at least one recess in the upper vacuum insulation panel thereby forming an overlap joint with the upper vacuum insulation panel, (ii) at least one bottom recess formed in a bottom edge of the outer convex surface, the at least one bottom recess configured to fit within and engage the recess in the lower vacuum insulation panel thereby forming an overlap joint with the lower vacuum insulation panel, and (iii) first and second side edges, the first and second side edges each having at least one side recess configured to engage the at least one side recesses formed in each of the first and second side edges of the first side vacuum insulation panels to thereby form overlap joints, wherein the vacuum insulation panels are held together with an adhesive on each overlap joint.