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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Applicant:
William N. Mayer, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Inventor:
William N. Mayer, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Thermal Science, LLC, Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 3/08 (2006.01); B65D 81/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for shipping articles under controlled temperature conditions, by providing an article enclosure surrounded by a set of hollow walls, and at least partially filling the hollow walls with phase change material, and providing an insulating enclosure about the article enclosure, the insulating enclosure having a relatively high 'R' factor for restricting the flow of thermal flux into and out of the article enclosure.