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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2024
Vesture Llc, Asheboro, NC (US);
Byron C. Owens, Asheboro, NC (US);
Henry Chad Brown, Asheboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A cart assembly includes a cart and a container assembly that is removably supported on the cart. The container assembly may simply rest on a platform of the cart, or may be removable secured to the cart. The container assembly includes a crate and a liner that is removably received within and supported by walls defining an interior cargo space of the crate. The liner itself includes walls containing a phase change material. The walls may be defined by panels having interior spaces in which components encasing the phase change material are contained. The liners are collapsed and stored in a freezer until needed. The liners are then placed within the crates and food items requiring refrigeration are placed within the lined cargo spaced of the crates. The crates are then staged awaiting customer pickup or packed in a vehicle for customer delivery all without further refrigeration.