US 12,077,363 B2
Method and system for storing and/or transporting temperature-sensitive materials
Heather M. Conway, Franklin, MA (US); Raymond A. McCarthy, Pawtucket, RI (US); Geoffrey Kaiser, Westborough, MA (US); James Nilsen, Mays Landing, NJ (US); Henry Melchor, Woonsocket, RI (US); and Dawn E. Smith, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Assigned to COLD CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Franklin, MA (US)
Filed by Cold Chain Technologies, LLC, Franklin, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,251.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,146, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267081 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 81/38 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 55/00 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01); B65D 81/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/3823 (2013.01) [B65B 5/04 (2013.01); B65B 55/00 (2013.01); B65D 77/06 (2013.01); B65D 81/18 (2013.01); B65D 81/3818 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for storing and/or transporting a payload of temperature-sensitive materials, the system comprising:
(a) an insulation base, the insulation base comprising a plurality of pieces joined together at one or more interfaces to define a cavity for receiving the payload of temperature-sensitive materials, the insulation base having an open top;
(b) an outer box, the insulation base being disposed within the outer box; and
(c) a gas flow director, the gas flow director reducing the egress of gas from the cavity of the insulation base through the one or more interfaces, the gas flow director comprising a receptacle having a first opening, the first opening being located at a top end of the receptacle, the gas flow director being disposed within the outer box, the insulation base being disposed within the gas flow director.