Patent ID: 8109389

Claim:
A shipping container for electrical storage cells, comprising: a box defining an interior space, the interior space having an inner periphery and a height; and a plurality of tray elements adapted to be received in the box, each tray element having a plurality of layers of corrugated cardboard that are bonded to one another in a vertically stacked configuration, an outer periphery that substantially conforms to the inner periphery of the interior space of the box, a substantially planar top surface, a substantially planar bottom surface, and at least one upwardly facing recess that is formed in the substantially planar top surface and substantially conforms to the shape and height of an individual electrical storage cell, the plurality of tray elements including a first tray element and a second tray element that are stacked with respect to one another such that the substantially planar top surface of the first tray element is in contact with the substantially planar bottom surface of the second tray element.