US 12,474,104 B2
Hardened reusable modular shipper
Bret Bollinger, Yorba Linda, CA (US); Eden Sanchez, Bellflower, CA (US); Mike Dybicz, Nashville, TN (US); Bobby Onel, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Ben Lee, Corona, CA (US); Amanda Gessell, Brentwood, TN (US); James Wilbourn, Costa Mesa, CA (US); and John Duval, Eugene, OR (US)
Assigned to Cryoport, Inc., Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed by Cryoport, Inc., Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,036.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,734, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0082317 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 3/08 (2006.01); B65D 81/38 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 3/08 (2013.01) [B65D 81/3823 (2013.01); F25D 2303/0843 (2013.01); F25D 2303/0844 (2013.01); F25D 2303/0845 (2013.01); F25D 2331/804 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hardened reusable shipping container, comprising:
a lid configured to be opened and closed;
a base enclosure coupled to the lid and having a payload area that is configured to receive a payload and maintain a temperature of an environment surrounding the payload;
an insert comprising a partial basket with sides and downwardly extending feet, one foot of the downwardly extending feet at each corner of the partial basket, the feet raising a floor of the partial basket above a floor of the payload area and defining a first portion of an opening area therebetween to receive a phase change material, the sides of the partial basket being parallel to sides of the payload area and inset therefrom to define a second portion of the opening area to receive a phase change material between the sides of the partial basket and sides of the payload area, the insert positioned within the payload area and to maintain the temperature of the environment surrounding the payload,
wherein the insert is a payload insert that houses dry ice below and around sides of the payload insert to allow the dry ice to be placed below and around the payload when inserted; and
a payload holder comprising a tray with a floor and two sidewalls extending upwardly from the floor at opposite sides and resting on edges of the sides of the partial basket of the insert, the payload holder positionable inside the insert to define an area between the floor of the payload holder and at least one of the floor of the insert and the floor of the payload area, the area to further receive the phase-change material in the area between the floor of the payload holder and at least one of the floor of the insert and the floor of the payload area, the tray separating the payload from the phase change material, the floor of the tray providing a mechanical barrier between the payload and the phase change material, wherein the payload holder is configured to be positioned and to fit within the insert and to receive the payload when the payload is inserted within, wherein the payload holder is configured to hold and position the payload within the insert, wherein the combination of the payload holder and the insert is configured to physically separate the payload from the phase-change material.