IP Library Granted Patent US 12,297,032
Granted Patent B2
US 12,297,032 · App. 16/991,797 · Granted May 13, 2025

Insulated panels

Inventors: Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, GA); Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, GA)
Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
B65D81/3823B31D3/005B31D5/00B32B3/28B32B5/20B32B7/12B32B29/007B32B29/08B32B37/12B32B38/00B65D5/02B32B2038/0084B32B2307/304B32B2439/62
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Patent No.
US 12,297,032
App. No.
16/991,797
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insulated panel includes a first layer defining an inner surface; a corrugated medium defining a plurality of peaks, the plurality of peaks attached to the inner surface, a plurality of flutes defined between the corrugated medium and the inner surface; and an insulation material at least partially filling a flute of the plurality of flutes.

Claims (24)

1. An insulated panel comprising:

a first layer comprising corrugated cardboard, the first layer defining a plurality of flutes;

a second layer comprising corrugated cardboard, the second layer defining a plurality of flutes;

a first insulation material filling at least one flute of the plurality of flutes in the first layer;

a second insulation material comprising a porous structure and filling at least one flute of the plurality of flutes in the second layer; and

a third insulation material between the first layer and the second layer, the third insulation material comprising cellulose, the third insulation material being flexible, the third insulation material between the first layer and the second layer being different from the first insulation material or the second insulation material filling the at least one flute;

wherein a first portion of the insulated panel is configured to fold relative to a second portion of the insulated panel when the insulated panel is in a dry state.

2. The insulated panel of claim 1 , wherein:

the first layer defines an inner surface; and

the third insulation material is adhered to an entirety of the inner surface of the first layer.

3. The insulated panel of claim 1 , wherein the second insulation material comprises starch.

4. A method for manufacturing an insulated panel, the method comprising:

adhering a first insulation material to a first layer of the insulated panel, the first insulation material comprising cellulose, the first insulation material being flexible, the first layer comprising corrugated cardboard, and defining a plurality of flutes;

filling at least one flute of the plurality of flutes of the first layer with a second insulation material comprising a porous structure;

filling at least one flute of a plurality of flutes of a second layer comprising corrugated cardboard with a third insulation material;

adhering the first insulation material to the second layer of the insulated panel, wherein the first insulation material adhered to the first layer and adhered to the second layer is different from the second insulation material filling the first layer;

drying the insulated panel; and

folding a first portion of the insulated panel relative to a second portion of the insulated panel after drying the insulated panel.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising forming a box from the insulated panel, the insulated panel defining a box blank.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising forming cutting multiple box blanks from the insulated panel, the insulated panel defining a master blank.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second insulation material comprises starch.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the starch is a starch foam.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the cellulose is cellulose fiber.

10. The insulated panel of claim 3 , wherein the starch is a starch foam.

Assignments (2)
AMENDED AND RESTATED GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2021
From: PRATT CORRUGATED HOLDINGS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 058556/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: SOLLIE, GREG; WALTERMIRE, JAMIE
To: PRATT CORRUGATED HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053685/0769 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62886695 · Aug 14, 2019
Related Publication 20210047102A1 · Feb 18, 2021
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