ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,054, issued on June 24.
"Insulated shipping containers with compound insulation having space therebetween" was invented by Jim Tumber (Barrington, R.I.) and Alton Williams (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are insulated shipping containers and shipping container systems that include outer side boundaries, in which a container or box may be contained, which outer side boundaries include smooth side walls and corresponding ridged side walls, wherein the smooth side walls and corresponding ridged side walls face one another and have one or more ridges therebetween, such that taken together, the facing smooth side walls and ...