Patent ID: 8616404

Claim:
A shipping container for enclosing a material container containing a hazardous material, comprising: a body having a bottom wall, a side wall extending from the bottom wall to an open top; a liner disposed within the body in a spaced relationship to an interior surface of the body, the liner having a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall and defining a space between the bottom wall and the side wall of the liner and the bottom wall and the side wall of the body; a foam material disposed in the space between the body and the liner; a lid assembly for closing the open top, the lid assembly comprising: a lid top; a lid liner coupled to the lid top to define a lid space therebetween; a foam material disposed in the lid space between the lid top and the lid liner; and a plurality of reinforcing members disposed within the lid space to increase the compression strength of the lid top with respect to the lid liner; and a split-ring, assembly which secures the lid assembly to the periphery of the open top of the body; whereby, when the lid assembly is secured to the body, a storage chamber is defined within the body by the liner and an interior surface of the lid assembly, and the foam material in the lid assembly and in the body at least partially overlap to form a generally continuous periphery around the storage chamber.