ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. RE51,045, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Envirotainer AG (Wurzburg, Germany).
"Box-type transport container" was invented by Joachim Kuhn (Wurzburg, Germany), Ines Wallaschek (Singen, Germany), Peter Bauer (Burghausen, Germany), Martin Heinemann (Dillingen, Germany), Thomas Taraschewski (Wurzburg, Germany) and Fabian Eschenbach (Rottendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A box-type transport container has a box-type outer container with a base, four side walls and at least one lid. The lid is hinged on a side wall. Sheet-type vacuum insulation panels are arranged in the outer container to cover the surface of the side walls. A...