IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,932,474
Granted Patent B2
US 11,932,474 · App. 18/208,709 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Hinged wrap insulated container

Inventors: Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, GA); Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, GA); Shifeng Chen (Newport News, VA); Markel Graham (Acworth, GA)
Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
B65D81/3823B31B50/81B65D5/58B31B2110/35B31B2120/407
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,932,474
App. No.
18/208,709
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insulation wrap includes an insulation batt defining a top end and a bottom end, the insulation batt defining an inner side and an outer side; a wrap liner blank including an inner portion extending across a first panel and a second panel of the wrap liner blank, the inner side of the insulation batt positioned facing the inner portion; a ledge portion extending across the first panel and the second panel of the wrap liner blank, the ledge portion hingedly coupled to the inner portion by an inner hinge, the top end of the insulation batt positioned facing the ledge portion; and an outer portion extending across the first panel and the second panel of the wrap liner blank, the outer portion hingedly coupled to the ledge portion by a ledge hinge.

Claims (9)

1. A method of assembling a packaging assembly comprising an insulation wrap and a box, the method comprising:

folding a first panel of an insulation wrap relative to a second panel of the insulation wrap about an outer hinge of the insulation wrap, the insulation wrap comprising an insulation batt and a wrap liner blank, the insulation batt at least partially captured in a first channel and a second channel, the first channel defined between a first outer portion of the wrap liner blank and an inner portion of the wrap liner blank, the first outer portion hingedly coupled to a first ledge portion of the wrap liner blank, the first ledge portion hingedly coupled to the inner portion, the second channel defined between a second outer portion of the wrap liner blank and the inner portion, the second outer portion hingedly coupled to a second ledge portion of the wrap liner blank, the second ledge portion hingedly coupled to the inner portion opposite from the first ledge portion, the first outer portion and the second outer portion at least partially defining an outer surface of the insulation wrap, the inner portion at least partially defining an inner surface of the insulation wrap; and

inserting the insulation wrap into a cavity defined by a box, the outer surface positioned at least partially in facing engagement with the box, the inner surface at least partially defining an insulated cavity.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising positioning the second ledge portion at least partially in facing contact with a bottom panel of the box.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wrap liner blank defines a clearance notch separating a portion of the inner portion defined by the first panel from a portion of the inner portion defined by the second panel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the packaging assembly further comprises a plug, wherein the plug comprises a plug insulation batt at least partially enclosed between an inner panel and an outer panel of the plug, and wherein the method further comprises:

inserting the inner panel and at least a portion of the plug insulation batt into the insulated cavity; and

positioning a portion of the outer panel in facing engagement with the second ledge portion.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein positioned the portion of the outer panel in facing engagement with the second ledge portion comprises positioning the portion of the outer panel between the second ledge portion and a bottom panel of the box.

Continuity (3)
Division 17307650 · May 4, 2021
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