Patent ID: 8250882

Claim:
An insulated shipping container comprising: (a) an insulated insert, said insulated insert having an open top and defining a central product cavity and a plurality of coolant cavities surrounding said central product cavity, each of said coolant cavities, when viewed from above, having a top-hat shape comprising a crown portion and a brim portion, wherein said insulated insert is a unitary body, wherein said unitary body is a substantially rectangular member shaped to include a bottom, four substantially equal sides and a top and wherein the central product cavity is a substantially rectangular prismatic cavity, said substantially rectangular prismatic cavity having corners substantially bisecting the four substantially equal sides; (b) an insulated lid, the insulated lid being removably mounted on the insulated insert in such a way as to cover the open top of the insulated insert; and (c) a coolant member removably received in each of said coolant cavities, the coolant member being adapted to fit within the crown portion of the coolant cavity, with the brim portion of the coolant cavity remaining empty.