Modular box assembly

• US 10,551,110 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2017
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
• Original Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
• Inventors: Waltermire, Jamie, Ott, Paul, Sollie, Greg
• Primary Examiner(s): Reynolds, Steven A.
• Application Number:
  US15/663,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20190032991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 220541, 220542, 220543, 220544, 22912032, 22912033, 22912034, 206545, 206521, 206523
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 2120/402 by applying a liner to already made boxes, e.g. opening or distending of the liner or the box
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 50/26 Folding sheets, blanks or webs
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/28 Handles of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/46; of bottles or jars B65D23/10 ; holders for glasses, bottles, cartons, plastic bags, cans A47G23/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3888 wrappers or flexible containers, e.g. pouches, bags for shock absorbing purposes B65D81/03
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2201/12 using an insulating packing material
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/06 Walls F25D23/08 takes precedence; containers with thermal insulation B65D81/38
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/067 Supporting elements
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/069 Cooling space dividing partitions
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2323/061 Collapsible walls
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/14 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 5/02 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/10 Bio-packaging, e.g. packing containers made from renewable resources or bio-plastics

Abstract

A modular box assembly includes a box, a box cavity defined within the box, the box defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening to the box cavity, the box includes a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end; a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder comprising a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the side panel defining a shoulder channel; and a support bracket comprising a channel tab and a support shelf, the channel tab positioned within the shoulder channel, the channel tab frictionally engaging the first sub-shoulder and the second sub-shoulder to secure the support bracket within the shoulder channel, the support shelf extending into the box cavity.

Claims

1. A modular box assembly comprising:

a box, the box defining a top end and a bottom end disposed opposite from the top end, the box comprising a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel, wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel are defined by a first cardboard blank, the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel each extending between the top end and the bottom end, the first side panel positioned adjacent to the second side panel, a first corner defined between the first side panel and the second side panel, wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel at least partially define an inner cavity, the top end of the box being open; and

an insulation wrap extending around the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel, a first end of the insulation wrap positioned adjacent to a second end of the insulation wrap, the first end of the insulation wrap contacting the first corner, the insulation wrap comprising an insulation batt, the insulation batt extending unbroken from the first end to the second end; and

a sleeve comprising a fifth side panel, a sixth side panel, a seventh side panel, and an eighth side panel, the sleeve extending around the insulation wrap, the fifth side panel, the sixth side panel, the seventh side panel, and the eighth side panel defined by a second cardboard blank, wherein the fifth side panel is aligned with the first side panel, the sixth side panel is aligned with the second side panel, the seventh side panel is aligned with the third side panel, the eighth side panel is aligned with the fourth side panel, wherein the insulation wrap is positioned between the box and sleeve, the insulation wrap extending between each of the first side panel and the fifth side panel, the second side panel and the sixth side panel, the third side panel and the seventh side panel, and the fourth side panel and the eighth side panel.

2. The modular box assembly of claim 1, further comprising an inner box disposed in the inner cavity defined within the box, the inner box dividing the inner cavity into a first sub-compartment and a second sub-compartment, a cavity defined within the inner box, the cavity containing a temperature maintaining material.

3. The modular box assembly of claim 2, wherein the temperature maintaining material is carbon dioxide dry ice.

4. The modular box assembly of claim 2, wherein the temperature maintaining material absorbs heat through an endothermic reaction.

5. The modular box assembly of claim 2, wherein:

the box further comprises a shoulder attached to the first side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the first side panel and into the inner cavity, the shoulder comprising a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the first side panel defining a shoulder channel; and

the inner box comprises a channel tab extending outward from a side panel of the inner box, the channel tab extending into the shoulder channel, the channel tab frictionally engaging the first sub-shoulder and the second sub-shoulder to secure and suspend the inner box within the inner cavity between the top end and the bottom end.

6. The modular box assembly of claim 1, wherein the insulation wrap is adhesively coupled to the box.

7. The modular box assembly of claim 1, wherein the insulation wrap further comprises a sheet adhesively coupled to the insulation batt, and wherein the sheet contacts the box.

8. The modular box assembly of claim 7, wherein the sheet is a first sheet, wherein the insulation wrap further comprises a second sheet, and wherein the insulation batt is at least partially encapsulated between the first sheet and the second sheet.

9. The modular box assembly of claim 1, wherein the bottom end of the box is enclosed by a bottom panel.

10. The modular box assembly of claim 1, wherein the insulation batt comprises a repulpable insulation material.

11. The modular box assembly of claim 10, wherein the modular box assembly is repulpable.

12. A modular box assembly comprising:

a plurality of inner side panels defined by a first cardboard blank, the plurality of inner side panels comprising a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel, wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the third side panel, and the fourth side panel at least partially define an inner cavity;

a plurality of outer side panels defined by a second cardboard blank, the plurality of outer side panels extending around the plurality of inner side panels, the plurality of outer side panels comprising a fifth side panel, a sixth side panel, a seventh side panel, and an eighth side panel, wherein the fifth side panel is aligned with the first side panel, the sixth side panel is aligned with the second side panel, the seventh side panel is aligned with the third side panel, the eighth side panel is aligned with the fourth side panel; and

an insulation wrap adhesively coupled to the plurality of inner side panels, the insulation wrap extending between each of the first side panel and the fifth side panel, the second side panel and the sixth side panel, the third side panel and the seventh side panel, and the fourth side panel and the eighth side panel, wherein the insulation wrap defines a first end and a second end, the first end positioned adjacent to the second end, the insulation wrap comprising an insulation batt extending from the first end to the second end.

13. The modular box assembly of claim 12, wherein the plurality of inner side panels define a top end and a bottom end, and wherein the top end of the plurality of inner side panels is open.

14. The modular box assembly of claim 12, wherein the plurality of inner side panels define a top end and a bottom end, and wherein the bottom end is enclosed by a bottom panel.

15. The modular box assembly of claim 12, wherein the insulation wrap is in contact with both the plurality of inner side panels and the plurality of outer side panels.

16. The modular box assembly of claim 12, wherein the plurality of outer side panels extends around the insulation wrap.

17. The modular box assembly of claim 12, wherein the insulation batt comprises a repulpable insulation material.

18. The modular box assembly of claim 17, wherein the modular box assembly is repulpable.