WO2001008983A9 - Computerized, monitored, temperature affected, delivery system for perishable goods - Google Patents

Abstract

Perishable groceries (120/120') delivery system, including cardboard box (100); cold (alternatively heat) source maintaining desired, lowered (alternatively increased) temperature inside box for hours, using encompassing, pouch of frozen, hydrated, super-absorbent polymer (14a) packet (17) material (110/10); protective, multi-ply, metallized (131) cover (130) protecting box/contents from sunlight; bubble wrap (140) wrapped all around pouch with curved bubble surface toward pouch creating air pockets between them; sealing tape at least for cover (133); and a time/temperature, maximum, predetermined temperature monitoring alert (134). If alert actuated, customer knows perishable items not warranted to be safe, and customer responsible for contacting purveyor for return of goods. Computerized methodology insures purveyor knows at least approximate time customer opened packed groceries, etc., using predictive calculator and automated tracking system, in which customer obligated to transmit a unique code, preferably through automated telephonic or Internet system, when package opened.

Description

Computerized, Monitored, Temperature Affected, Delivery System for Perishable Goods

Technical Field

The present invention relates in part to devices, including packaging & coverings used to produce or maintain desired temperature levels substantially different from the ambient for an extended period of time, and more particularly to a computerized follow-up and tracking system using such devices, as well as others, including particularly temperature and time extent monitoring, in the delivering and temperature protection of perishable goods, such as, for example, temperature sensitive groceries, seafood, medicines, confections, temperature sensitive gifts, plants, flowers or floral arrangements, and the like. The exemplary product & methods solution of the present invention are described below in detail as they apply in the food or grocery delivery industry. However, the present invention also has application in such additional industries as the "safe delivery"^SM of seafood, pharmaceuticals, medical shipments (e. g. , test specimens in the clinical laboratory segment) , confectionery, gift packages, flowers or floral arrangements, etc. Background Art As a general proposition, it is known in the transportation industry to attempt to achieve some degree of desired temperature control for products being shipped using, for example, gel packs, "dry ice" (frozen carbon dioxide) and the like. As a substantial advance over the foregoing prior art devices, vastly improved, cooling or heating devices using sheets of packet material which include porous cells containing a super-absorbent polymer have much more recently been suggested, which are described in some detail in the above referenced patent & patent applications. Further reference is had to PCT/US 92/06486 (published as WO 93/02861 on February 18, 1993) of George Barrett (now deceased), U.S. Patent 5,966,962 entitled "Modular Hydration and Freezing Plant for Flexible Refrigerant Media", and soon to be issued U.S. Patent #,###,### entitled "Porous, Laminated, Super Absorbent, Hydratable, Temperature Control Pack System" filed May 15, 1998 as U.S. Serial No. 09/079,872 (Murray/Gaude/Gabel) , the disclosures of all of which also are incorporated herein by reference. Reference is additionally had to U.S. Patent 5,628,845 entitled "Process for Forming Hydratable, Flexible Refrigement Media" (Murray/Browne) .

For general background, informational, purposes, reference is also had to the article entitled "Pharmaceutical shipments chill out from within" from the January 1998 edition of Packaging World (a Summit publication, One IBM Plaza, Suite 3131, 330 N. Wabash Ave . , Chicago, IL 60611; note p. 38) , which article discusses some of the beneficial effects of early test work which preceded the present invention.

For example, as disclosed in one or more of these patents and/or publication , the sheets of packet material are initially submerged in water, hydrating them, and the hydrated sheets are then frozen (for cooling effects) or heated (for heating effects) and placed in at least proximity to and more typically in juxtaposition to the goods to be cooled/heated. As the packet sheet (s) begin, for example, to warm up or thaw, the absorbed "water" goes directly from the frozen state into a gaseous state, avoiding wetness problems. The cells are formed in packets, producing longitudinally & laterally extended separation lines, which allow the completed packet sheets to be folded about either or both axes and thus contoured around the goods being cooled {or heated) , surrounding them.

With respect to temperature and elapsed time monitoring in connection with the product "VitSab,"see the information provided by Cox Technologies on the product at their web site (http://www.cx-en.com/cox.htm) and a related web site (http://www.vitsab.com/). In providing the foregoing citations there is no acknowledgment that all of them are part of the prior art pertinent to the field of the present invention.

In a separate art, it is desired to have, for example, groceries delivered from a purveyor to a consumer, a practice which was somewhat commonplace in the first half of the 20^th Century but generally since then has become relatively rare in comparison to the direct purchase of groceries at the supermarket. However, with the blossoming of the Internet and e-commerce on the Internet, great interest is again being directed to the delivery of groceries in connection with an order placed over the Internet, as well as by telephone.

However, with respect to the e-commerce approach on the Internet, the problem with Internet grocery deliveries is that the seller cannot leave perishable goods, such as, for example, milk, ice cream, etc., unprotected, since typically the seller does not know when the customer will arrive to put the temperature sensitive goods into the refrigerator and/or freezer. Therefore, most Internet grocery purveyors require the customer to be at home to receive the delivered order. The alternative, followed by a few purveyors, is to sell only non-perishable goods via the Internet. Both alternatives have problems . Requiring the customer to be at home for delivery shrinks the convenience food market that the purveyor should otherwise reasonably expect to win as customers. Having the customer specify, for example, a 30- minute window for delivery requires the customer and purveyor to operate under a logistical deadline that is cumbersome. This causes the customer to question whether Internet grocery shopping is "really" better than going to the corner store or local supermarket. Purveyors choosing this alternative generally deliver groceries from a refrigerated van or deliver them in a hard wall cooler. Both approaches represent a significant capital expense. The latter also requires on-going expense caused by cleaning, damage and lost coolers.

Refusing to sell perishable goods over the Internet because of diminution of quality and/or possible bacterial contamination due to temperature attack limits the customer potential even more. Purveyors choosing this alternative can only deliver dry goods from a normal van. Purveyors choose these alternatives partly because of liability concerns from a food being spoiled by temperature and a customer becoming ill. Another reason is to avoid the problem of complaining customers going to the media in the event that perishables spoil, even if caused by the customer delaying a return home for several hours after the groceries have been delivered.

Some examples of Internet e-commerce grocery delivery sites are: http://www.homegrocer.com,- http: //www. albertsons.com,- http : //peapod. com; and http://www.webva . com.

Although several industry purveyors have tried to locate a method of delivering perishables to an empty home with an ability to guarantee efficient temperature performance for three to six hours, they have been unable to do so, in spite of the relatively long felt need to have such a delivery system.

The present invention provides, inter alia, a utilitarian, innovative solution to this problem.

General Discussion of Invention

As noted above, the present invention relates in part to devices, including packaging and coverings used to produce or maintain desired temperature levels substantially different from the ambient for an extended period of time, and more particularly to a computerized follow up and tracking system using such devices, as well as others, including particularly temperature and time extent monitoring, in the delivering and temperature protection of perishable goods, such as, for example, groceries, seafood, medicines, confections, temperature sensitive gifts, plants, flowers or floral arrangements, and the like. The exemplary product and methods solutions of the present invention are described below in detail as they apply in the food or grocery delivery industry to protect the delivery of perishable food items. However, the present invention also has application in such additional industries as the safe delivery of seafood, pharmaceuticals, medical shipments (e. g. , test specimens in the clinical laboratory segment) , confectionery, gift packages, flowers or floral arrangements, etc.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a "safe delivery"^SM system which keeps the cost as low as possible for the purveyor, allowing the purveyor to use some components, e . g. , corrugated boxes that likely are already in the purveyor's inventory. Several other elements are involved to solve the total problem. Some are tangible products and some are tangible instruments used in combination with business methods; both used to plan and verify successful shipments. All of the preferred system elements are numerically listed below: 1. An appropriate container for the perishable groceries, preferably rigid or at least generally self-supporting in its structure, and preferably a relatively inexpensive, corrugated cardboard box ( e . g. , with a single flute) or corrugated material, used to contain the perishable groceries. In its broadest scope, the present invention is not limited to a particular container or a particular cardboard box, although there are certain preferable approaches discussed more fully below. 2.A source of cold (or heat as may be needed) , serving as a temperature generator appropriately affecting the temperature inside the container to maintain the temperature inside the box within a desired or acceptable temperature range for a number of hours . Such source preferably is a sheet of packet material containing a super-absorbent polymer which is hydrated and can then be either frozen ( e . g. , in a freezer) or heated (e.g. in a microwave) , as needed, which hydrated packet material affects the temperature of the environment in which it is used for an appropriately long period of time (at least several hours and preferably longer) without producing moisture as it, in the case of a cooling or source, warms up or thaws, or, in the case of a heat or heating source, as it cools down, because the contained "water" goes directly from the solid phase to the gaseous phase, i.e., sublimes into a vaporous form.

3. For cold applications, a protective heat insulating cover, preferably for the entire box (or other container) , to protect the box and its contents from external heat from radiation (e . g. , sunlight) . The balance of the packaging structure inside the heat insulating cover [e . g. , the corrugated walls of the box, the hydrated packet material, and the bubble wrap (see below)] present barriers to heat attack from convection ( e . g. , hot air movement) and/or conduction (e.gr., heat transferred from other objects in contact with the package structure) . The protective cover preferably comprises or includes a metallized film, as well as preferably a secure closure to avoid or at least substantially deter heat leaks (convection) and to provide some water proofing or retarding capabilities for rain protection, with or without the use of bubble wrap.

4. A time/temperature alert product (which can be, for example, an enzyme-based product) which is activated when the perishable groceries are packed by the purveyor. The alert signals "safe" at least if the temperature does not exceed a preset or predetermined temperature, and preferably also if the time since activation does not exceeds a preset or predetermined time. If either the elapsed time or temperature is exceeded, the alert signals an "alarm," and the customer knows that either the elapsed time and/or the temperature has been exceeded and the perishable items are not warranted by the purveyor to be safe . In the preferred method aspects of the invention, if the alert signals an "alarm, " the customer is responsible for contacting the purveyor to, for example, arrange for a pickup of the now unwarranted goods to be returned to the purveyor. The latter may be done at either no charge to the customer or at some charge if the customer went beyond the agreed to time range of delivery before opening the packaging of the goods to put at least the perishable goods f away in the refrigerator/freezer, as appropriate.

5. An innovative "business method" or physical methodology (preferably computerized) to insure that the purveyor knows at least approximately when the customer has opened the box of groceries, while preferably also providing other useful information. This can be accomplished by a automated tracking system which involves in its preferred embodiment the use of a unique transaction identifying alphanumeric code, ω uπ w uπ σ

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the extremely cold ambient reaching the usually refrigerated perishable in the innermost chamber of the packaged box.

The foregoing techniques for combating extremely low ambient temperatures are primarily directed to normally refrigerated, perishable goods. Frozen foods, such as, for example, ice cream, on the other hand, effectively have no limit to the temperature it may go down to, and, therefore, is typically not of concern in such extremely low, ambient temperatures .

Like the pure cooling applications, the heating application is subject to many variations in configurations and combinations. Brief Description of Drawings

For a further understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference also should be had to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like elements are given the same or analogous reference numbers, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a flow chart summarizing the preferred methodology and algorithms of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side, perspective view of a frozen perishable grocery item (e.g., ice cream), inserted in a pouch-equivalent wrapping with a top cover of packet sheet material providing a surrounding source of coldness to the grocery item, as used in the preferred embodiment of the system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a top, perspective view of the frozen perishable grocery item ( e . g. , ice cream), inserted in the pouch-equivalent wrapping with top cover of packet sheet material providing a surrounding, encompassing source of coldness to the grocery item, as in Fig. 2, but now inserted into a further, individualized pouch of three ply material, including an inner foam ply and an outer bubble wrap ply with an intermediate metallized film ply, with the cover top of packet material shown in Fig. 2 being temporarily removed (shown in phantom line) to show the ice cream content, as used in the preferred embodiment of the system of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a top, perspective view of an outer, cardboard container box for inter alia the cold wrapped and pouched, frozen perishable grocery item ( e . g. ice cream) of Figs. 2 & 3 (not illustrated in this figure in order to more clearly show the interior of the box) , which further includes an interior layer of bubble wrap material, as used in the preferred embodiment of the system of the present invention.

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4. A time/temperature alert product 134 (note Fig. 5), which can be, for example, similar to that of or identical to a Swedish product named "VitSab"^®. This enzyme-based product using enzymatic color indicators is activated by the purveyor's packer when the groceries are packed and it is either placed in with the packed perishable goods or attached to the outer surface of the covered container 130/100, depending on what factors are being monitored and how many monitors are being used. If the preferred, single monitor is being used to show whether either the maximum set temperature has been exceeded or the maximum allowed time elapsed has been exceeded, the monitor is placed in the interior of the packaging with the perishable goods. On the other hand, if only the maximum elapsed time is being monitored or is being separately monitored, the monitor 134a (note Fig. 9) can be placed on the exterior of the covered box 130/100. The preferred "VitSab"^® monitor 134 comes in the form of a substantially flat member with an adhesive back and two, juxtaposed, sealed, rectangular sections with a centrally located, sealed, circular "button" over-lapping the two rectangular sections on its front. The "button," when sufficiently pressed, breaks the seals and causes an enzyme mixture to be created, activating the monitor and the two rectangular sections, one effectively monitoring the elapsed time from actuation up to a maximum time period and the other the temperature reached up to a maximum. If the pre-designed, maximum elapsed time is exceeded, its rectangular section, normally green in color, turns to the color yellow; while if the pre-designed maximum temperature is exceeded, its rectangular section, normally green, likewise turns to the color yellow. Thus, if either rectangular section has changed to yellow by the time the customer opens the packaged goods, the warranty is effectively terminated under the currently preferred methodology. Thus, the alert signals "safe" if the temperature does not exceed the preset or predetermined temperature and if the time since activation does not exceeds the preset or predetermined time. If the elapsed time or set temperature is exceeded, the alert effectively signals an "alarm," and the customer knows that either the elapsed time and/or the temperature has been exceeded, and the perishable groceries are no longer warranted. If the alert signals an "alarm," the customer preferably is responsible for contacting the purveyor for a return of the goods in the preferred methodology of the invention.

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Φ < r P P μ- M μ- μ- rr φ 3 Hi P tr TJ β

Ω TJ rt Φ ti O rr Φ Ω 01 rt ft hj 3 -. tr < φ S Hi tr til en 3 TJ β 0 hi 0 φ li^¬ 0 ft rV μ-¹ rt tr rt S3 tp tr rr P tr tr Ω μ- P P ft P Φ ii Hi 0 tr e β β 0 Hi μ- en 0 ro ro tr ¹ h-¹ rr 0 Φ

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3 P rr μ- φ 0 01 β μ- hj *• ιi Φ ?r 3 rt 3 - ro TJ 01 Φ rt ft Φ hi rt

Ω rr 3 ^ li S rt 3 β 3 rt 3 J β in ro 0 hj " Ω rt μ- tr ft P 3 tr rr P 0 Hi rr Φ P hj tr rt TJ P φ cn IP Φ s; o TJ Hi ii en μ- φ rf rt P O en 0 3 P φ h-¹ rr Hi O O ϋ β P P ro rt 3 φ 0 X P rt li Φ 3 β 3 01 tr μ- h-¹ s3 X tr

^ hj Hi en TJ tr μ- ti Φ Φ ft ⁱq P hi Φ rt P Ω tp Φ 0 01 μ- P TJ μ-

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P 00 ti " tr P . 3 rt P 01 P rt 3 o

^ TJ μ- Φ li^¬ Φ 01 β 3 φ ft μ- 3 rr TJ ft

0 O μ- TJ ii μ- ti TJ Φ < 01 ro 01

0 3 ft 3 ti 3 ft ^ 01 3 _^-. ro TJ rt H

Hi en tp Φ μ- Φ ] rt to Φ to μ. ti o ι-3 r P _^-,

Φ O Hi en rt rt tr φ H <1 ro ϋ tr rr H rt Hi rr φ φ Φ tr ffi 3 rt cn φ ft rt rt ro β to tr μ- 3^* ϋ ti 0 s; — ti P TJ hj O ro 01 rr ti rt 3 TJ μ- ^t rr rt 01 ro -_\ μ- Φ tr μ- 0 β s3 rt hj 0 μ- ro hi H

TJ 3 3 Ω ft 3 Ω hj μ- tr φ h3 3 0 o P μ- P to r P Φ β φ Ω rt ro h-ⁱ tr o <-r 3 01 β o li ft ω 01 rt ft β φ tr φ μ- rt tr tr ft -, μ- Φ . — rr •< μ- li ^ TJ to m Φ ro o ft P — cn Φ 0 01 3 μ- ti 0 rt β to ft hj tr 3 - tr S3 . 3 rr φ 3 φ hj tr li ft Ω P

P H- tp φ Φ B 0 tr rt hi <! Ω P P β ft Ω Φ X

3 *<: 01 Ω 01 ro 0 rr 3 in φ 0 μ- hj ^j tr - rt Φ hi ft rt μ- 0 Φ ^ 3 P <! tp 3 ro Ω ro 0 3 0 μ- 0 β hi β Hi 3 TJ TJ 0 O 3 ti β φ Φ 3 ro Hi <! hj 0 3 P tp TJ 0 μ- 3 P - B 3 3 ro ro ft ^j

0 01 hj rr 3 to TJ μ- to μ- rt rt ti ii - μ> 01 ft tn ro rt o TJ rr μ- μ β 3 Ω ii Φ - f ro 0 > Φ t Φ P 3 cn rt rt μ- tr P ^> o tr μ- P hj

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— r Φ 3 β rt Φ ft 0 3 TJ 3 rt P P Φ » TJ hj iq 01 μ- Ω ft ft ro X m P

3 3 01 o μ- 0 P ro TJ rt Φ rt

0 rt TJ Hi P to rt TJ 3 3 3 μ- ω P H tr ft μ-

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CD φ to μ- ii 01 ti ~: μ- rt rt 3 o P Φ ^

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P IP P ii \ ft μ- 3 β Φ ti 0 P t tp 3 Hi O > 0 ft μ- β f

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included on the bottom of the box 100, generally as shown in Fig. 4, but without the illustrated four (4) side sheets or top sheet of bubble wrap material. Another variant was that in Tests Nos. 1 & 2, the covered box 130/100 was sitting on a pallet, while in Test Nos. 3-5 the covered box was sitting directly on an exposed concrete surface.

As can be seen in the graph, the average surface temperature from direct sunlight ranged from 88.18°F to 102.18°F, while the average temperature of the temperature protected interior ranged from 25.51°F to 18.76°F, temperatures well low enough (and then some) to protect evenly highly temperature sensitive food items such as, for example, frozen ice cream (120) .

Of course, with the additional sheets of bubble wrap (104) , effectively forming an enclosing pouch 104 as shown in Figs. 4, 6 & 7, as well as other variants and additions to the interior packing elements, the test results would be even better. Protective periods of 8 hrs. have been achieved and even longer times of protection are expected.

- Preferred Packet Sheet Material (Figs. 11- IS) - As can be seen in Figs. 11-13, the preferred, exemplary embodiment of the hydratable sheet packet material 110 of the present invention comprises an extended sheet 10 of packets made up of a backing sheet 11, preferably of an impervious plastic sheet material (such as, for example, polyester film) , and an upper, porous sheet 12 (such as, for example, non-woven polypropylene with no additives) , with a preferably tacky, sealant or adhesive layer 13 [e . g. 22.5% ethylene-methyl-acrylate (EMA) ] , about one mil (0.0001") thick (or equivalently 14.4 lbs. per ream of the finished sheet material) , used to affix and seal the two sheets 11 & 12 together along longitudinally and laterally extending lines 15 £- 16, respectively, defining a series of cells 17 with the cells effectively joined by the flat areas 18 between adjacent cells. Contained within each cell 17 of the packet sheet 10 is an appropriate amount of super-absorbent, polymer 14. As can be seen in Fig. 12, the polymer powder 14 initially occupies only a small amount [perhaps about fifteen (15%) percent] of the total interior volume of the cell 17. This allows room for the approximately ten fold expansion which occurs as the polymer 14 is hydrated by being soaked in water, which the polymer superbly absorbs, and the hydrated polymer ultimately frozen. As shown in Fig. 2A, in this hydrated state, the hydrated polymer 14 expands and fills out the interior of the cell 17.

Additionally, when the polymer powder 14 is initially deposited on the film sheet 11 with its tacky adhesive layer 13, it is deposited in the area destined to be made into a cell (17) basically in the form of a circular cone, preferably with a relative wide base in comparison to its height, for example, in a circular cone having a base with a diameter of 3/4" and a height of l/4", with these preferred dimensions having a ratio of 3:1. For enhanced polymer pile stability, it is believed that the minimum ratio should be at least about 2:1. rf* rf* co to t μ> in o in o cn o tn o ft 0 TJ P S3 TJ P TJ ft ft rr TJ TJ Ω rr P P P > S3 TJ Ω tr P P P TJ Ω ii 3 0 ro hi H H tr 0 φ 3 o β Φ hi ii φ tr 3 3 ft 3- o O O P rt tr cn tr 0 o O H- B 3 P β φ rt φ ii rt rt s ii 01 tp Φ 0 Φ ft 3 ft ti M TJ en o co Ω cn 3 μ-¹ rr i. 3^* ft rt Ω tr Ω O Ω ^•< tr

Ω 0 3^* ti ft 3 l- ^ o Ω 0 0 O ^•<; rr - tr rt φ en

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Φ β en ro rt ft hi ft 3 rr tr P Φ tr hi 01 rt φ ^ tr φ rr tr ft rt ft TJ rr ro ro rr P ft ti X TJ rt P 0 P β 0 - P ft o P TJ tr P cn φ tp 3 rt rr P < to φ li P rt tr tr TJ 3 3 3 TJ rr 0 TJ o O 3 H

3 P β P P o 3 P 3 3 o μ- Ω H φ 3 - P P TJ o ro 0 > TJ

TJ TJ 0 rt Ω TJ ii β tr ft 3 hi tr ffi ^ hi s3 tr w rt rr 0 P ^ P P ft φ β ti Φ Φ to tr ft O ii O β O β Φ β TJ r ti 0 ti φ 0 * g β H 3 3 0 o φ P rt φ ft Ω P β rr rt P o rt rt = ii t 3 φ O . rr 0 <j rt 3 rt rt o Ω rt φ 3 Ω tr 0 tr tr tr f* 3 φ ro ti β

P Φ tr P tr P β TJ - P ft H 3 B ft rt o U¹ r

P rt P o rr P

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B ro P tr P φ rt 0 hi o ft ti ft P

3 P tr tr rt rt ft O rt rt 0 ft TJ P B 3 0 *<; tr ro cn TJ φ 0 en

0 ft o Φ tr P 3 P B rr ti O rt tr tr to ft 3 ii rr rr ii

Ω 3 tr ft 3 ti ft P * P ft rt B tp rt tn 0 ιp 3 P 0 ff ro ro P tr ro

O rt Ω β tr Φ rr rt rt li tr TJ ft ii 3 φ hi β i μ- ti ϋ Ω tr H TJ tr Φ

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CD <! 3 O ti 3 3 rr tr rr TJ Φ 3 B o TJ o P cn P 0 ft _^ O

Ω β φ rt 3 β IP 0 < Ω TJ 3 Φ *<; rt P ti O W o tr ^ P ^ tr 3 φ s3 CO r rt Φ in rt ro rt tr B ti ft rr

P φ P 0 ti Ω 0 β- - TJ ft P O φ - φ ti ii ft ro ft φ ω ft =;

- P 3 O rr rr

0 P P Φ φ tr ft ti ii ti f Φ rt P 0 Ω tr o ^ tr 3 ro t ffi TJ ϋ rt 0 tp ti

3 tQ i ^ β t rt rr P 0 ^< TJ P Φ Ω P ii β "

^• ti Φ B P ff

P ro Ω Φ 3 ft ω

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P TJ 0 o P o TJ TJ tr ft "< rt rt Φ O φ <l 0 tr tr tr ro tp P 3

73 0 φ tr - TJ φ O rr P O tp 3 P ii 0 3 P P 0 ti ιp c ft TJ rt 0 tr TJ T ti O 3 β rt 3" B TJ P tr tr rr to hi Φ rt

H β P ii φ Ω P 0 P 3 IP rt fi ^ TJ rr tr o tr Ω en m t P ro ft rt φ 3 f ^•<; g 0 ft B rf* o

3 rt cn f 3 ii 0 φ S3 3 ro O ft ft ft Ω w tr ϋ 3 P TJ Φ ft O _^^- rr P o P ro P 3 P ro 3 0 3 O P tr P Ω φ φ , . ^ P Ω tr 0 hi _^--, 3 TJ Ω en ^• ; β rr cn rt β P tr tr ft rt 0 rt rt P tr to P o TJ ?r • Ω P Ω _^^- tr P tr ^ φ o β φ ^ S3 + φ O φ o P ti TJ P rr rt tr 0 3 < 0 O ii .. ϋ 3 P tr - 3 ft ^ rr rr rr 3 o 3 ti 0 rr o < P <1 ii β β rr 0 ^• Ω in 0 tp P 3 o

Φ Ω Ω Ω P Ω ^ ro Ω rV Φ 3 tr ft

Ω rt φ 3 rt ro ii φ rf* — ' S3 P ro P 0 ro β β tr φ Φ O ^ P Φ tr 0 tr tr hi O β Ω φ Φ P - ft ii rr TJ ϋ TJ ft ti tr¹ 3 to rt TJ P 3 P 0 rr ^ O ft o hi 0 • rr 0 β H Φ tr rr ti rr to P P B ft β ii ft ιp <l 0 ft ft TJ tr 3 Φ ti P Φ P ro ti 3^* hi 0 P rV ^ ft tr tr 3 0 < rf* CD

*• 0 ii Ω 0 S3 rr ω 3 =: B 3 Ω φ

3 P φ n rr 3 φ ro 3 L_l. P ft P rf rt P . O « rr rt W ft P rt TJ W rt rt Φ β _^-.

_^-. S3 ϋ hi ro φ rt β 3 tr tr - rt ffi β rt P P 0 tr TJ Φ cn P o rt ^ φ rt • i rt Ω rt rf tp tr en P ft TJ ro tr S3

^ ft hi — H Ω tr rt ti rt P tr TJ 3 O rt P hi rr W rr P rt ^ P

Φ H Φ o Pi rr 0 ιp rt < 0 3 μ- W P P rr -: ro tr φ g ft rt

TJ P O 3 rt 3 » <! ϋ tr ft rt P P Φ tr P 0 0 rt <! ffi B P Ω 0 φ - Φ rr tr hi B rt tr !?• ro ro φ 0 O B P TJ <! 3 φ ft rt Ω rr β 0 ft ro β ti ro ft H φ rt s; P ft rt ^ P hi P Ω P Φ tr tr cn 3 β tp P

3 "< hi tr μ> P cn TJ 0 3 tr ffi rt ft O rt T TJ ft ffi rr TJ P φ TJ φ P φ t rt rt ' 0 IP P φ 3 φ 3 φ ti

— O 3 B P φ 3 tr O <l rt 0 Φ rr H hi Φ P ϋ ro ^ ? β tp φ β rt 0 hi 3 β S3 ro

< rt P ft ~_<^ n 3 hi *. ti *- 3 rt rt g P ^ ft

H rt Φ ft μ- μ- Φ 0 3 Ω ffi β ω μ- ϋ

P Hi hi 0 O ^ hi rr hi Ω 3 B H H Hi 0 tp

Additional details on this preferred temperature affecting source 10 (either coldness or heat) is provided in U.S. Patent #,###,### (Serial No. 09/079,872), referred to above.

It is noted that the embodiments described herein in detail in connection with Figs. 1-9 for exemplary purposes are of course subject to many different variations in structure, design, application and methodology. Because many varying and different embodiments may be made within the scope of the inventive concept (s) herein taught, and because many modification-, may be made in the embodiments herein detailed in accordance with the descriptive requirements of the law, it is to be understood that the details herein are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Claims

ω to to H H o in o in o in rt ti 3 ft P rt μ- rt H TJ Ω Φ Ω P TJ TJ rt TJ TJ rr μ- 3 μ- Ω β β TJ rt ti 0 O TJ s: tr Φ o Φ μ- β μ- 3 μ- Φ β O 3 0 β 3 P rr rr hi Φ li tr 3 P rr 0 01 β ro μ- P Hi 3 β tr

3 rf H rt ft 3 3 1 ii β Ω 3 ft Ω Ω ^ ro P ro ro μ- φ 3 ro rt hi 3 3 φ ϋ P μ- μ- tr Φ Ω Φ Ω < rt 0 rt O rV ω ft ω rt 3 rr

0 O ro P t μ- μ- rt ro rr Φ < 3 TJ ft μ- μ- Φ tp rt ft 3 P tr rt β 01 Φ tr rt < φ! ft P φ rt μ- rt 3 0 β ^ Ω M P r

TJ μ- 3" M TJ 3 Ω μ- rr β H Φ P in^" rr 0 tr Hi ro Φ

H Ω hj tr P "< μ-

3 rr 3 t Hi rt rt rt * ; ffi P Φ . P Έ o rf Hi P Φ 3 φ P tQ C^ 3 ffi Ω tr liΦ μ- — ' tr Φ ii rt P o P 3 O H m

H- ii μ- — cn ^ Φ en ^j φ ti — _' 0 en P T 3 ti r tr H tp TJ TJ ti

<j tr β Ω rt Ω rr Ω β cn ti 01 en 3 μ^j 3 β P to μ- μ- 01 φ h-¹ hi ro ro Ω

Φ Φ P P Ω o rt 3 tr rt rt S3 tq TJ ro ft *^• β P P "< o μ- P li rt 3 P tsi rt ro cn CD hi hj rr o ^j ϋ rt 3 0 3 tr μ- tr 01 ti μ- ii ft φ tr ft ti^¬ h Hi 3 Ω 01 φ 3 g^. Ω ^ rV rr hh φ o rt r ro μ- P P Hi P

Φ Ω μ- ft 3 3 P 0 ro P rt rt 0 H 1 ro rt P φ rr 3 μ- P μ- 0 rr ft ti μ- μ- μ- P 01 rt ft μ- ft β β TJ ro 01 3 Ω rt Ω tr tr <J TJ μ. β TJ ti Φ ω P ft β P TJ Ω tp 3 Φ ro 3 ti^¬ TJ tr tr β μ- rt Φ 3

01 tQ 0 β Ω ft β tr rV μ- <! β μ- ti 01 Ω *• P 3 Φ tr μ- P ti ft ft φ ro TJ P hj 3 tr Φ

TJ rt TJ rt rt =3 ro en ro μ- rt ft hi φ μ- hi P 0 rt rr ft ii 3 Ω 3 P - 3 μ- ro tr ro tp μ- ft

P 0 P φ ffi μ- μ- rr 3 tr TJ H- μ- hi rt μ- in Ω β μ- P rr ιp O 01 rr rt _^~. 3 h-¹

Ω 3 3 hi 0 P rt μ- O TJ tQ ro β 3 01 μ- 01 tiμ- P H" β Ω rr tr g Φ rr P P tr en ιp rt Φ tn P tp μ-

JT φ ti μ- μ- 3 TJ tr <! 3 β ϋ in 3^* 3 s tr rt ro P rt P ιp 0 β Φ 0 tr 3 β — *• 0 ro 3 0 hj 01

P hi ffi 3 N 01 ro Φ li μ- β 3 ϋ Hi μ- Ω TJ tr ft μ- 3 0 ϋ < P tQ μ- P 0 TJ rt μ- TJ ^ ..

IQ TJ tp ffi S3 φ en ti 01 μ- O 01 pi to φ 01 3 O P TJ Hi ft

Φ s3 CD <! 3 B μ- tr rt tr rt rt 01 O ft ft μ- ft rt *< ro μ- "< 3 rt tr ro β β Φ μ- β rt P 3 £ cn ro P li Φ tr μ- hj 01 en μ- rt o rr φ ti ^ rt Λ 0 Hi ro tr Φ 3 £ tp ft 3 01 ft tr tr rt TJ P φ 3 Ω O ro _^ tr rt μ- Hi ft tr 01 TJ 3 φ o tr ff * 3 rt μ- Ω ft β ii 0 φ P_ 0 0 rr P 1 φ μ- P rt ; 3 μ- μ- ro ^ en

P tr rt P μ- ro 1 ii ro Φ hi μ- rt μ- o rt Hi TJ β i 3 β o to P Φ P

01 μ- rt rt 01 3 <! Ω w < hj Ω rt

3 £ rt Ω S 3 rt Ω 10 rt 3 tr ffi μ- 3 P 3 0 3 01 TJ 3 hi tQ rt φ β ~—' ro 0 φ

CO P <! tr P rt Ω Ω tr 0 P Ω P 3" P ro φ TJ R¹ rt hj rr rr IP μ- hj μ- P ft μ- φ tr ti 01 - Hi 3 3 c tr Φ Φ Φ 5 O β β 0 ^j Φ rt 3 0 TJ 3 P tr μ- 0 Φ rr ft s3 3 Ω 3 ft ro

TJ 3 ^ rr rt O TJ

TJ tr TJ ft rr ft 3 H- _^^ en φ _^^ 01 £ 3 φ O hj φ μ- tp rV P tp μ- o O TJ ti hi Hi

CD hi Ω TJ P rt rt P TJ tr 0 01 φ ii 01 01 tr 0 ft μ- rr φ ti rr P cn μ- rr 3 3 ro μ- O CO 3 Φ β P 01 s tr tr 0 Ω TJ β P rt β — ft μ- — 3 3 rr rr O 3 φ tr tp en rt rf μ- tp Φ P ti tp 01 hj

1 01 Ω ro in ro φ Hi rr H tiβ tr 01 rt μ- 0 0 tr tr Ω ft rr μ- 0 tr Φ 3 ii μ- O μ-

0 ii rt 0 ro β φ rt rt Ω tr P tr β rt 3 Hi P rr O rf Φ 3 Ω P 3 ro P Ω ω O 3 rr

T Φ 0 P s3 TJ Hi r_ <1 ti 3 O 0 O P 3 ro -0 0 μ- rr rr tr 3 μ- tr 3 cp μ- rt 3 P β tr ft tp φ ro Ω 3 tQ tr rt ro β H μ- μ- φ ft 3 tr ft μ- hj rr rr tr φ T rt TJ P to rt ft B tn P 01 3

3 0 φ Φ 3" ti ii pi ft N ii φ rt rr rt rt β O μ- 3 P Φ ro rr rr 0 — tr ft rt tr rt TJ m Φ hi hi ft rt Hi rt H- ro μ- h-¹ tr tr P φ TJ φ tp s3 H 3 O TJ 01 3 o ti 3" μ- hi ro O O ⁱ Hi tr ro

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3. The delivery method of Claim 1, wherein the customer's order includes both frozen and refrigerated perishable items, and wherein there is further included in connection with steps "b" and " the steps of individually packaging the frozen item(s) within a temperature generating, encompassing sub-unit; and collectively packaging the combined refrigerated item(s) and the individually packaged frozen item(s) into a collectively encompassing, temperature generating sub-unit.

4. The delivery method of Claim 3, wherein in connection with the individualized packaging of the frozen item(s) there is included the further step of inserting the packaged sub-unit with its encompassed frozen item(s) into an individualized pouch of multi-ply material, in which one ply is bubble wrap .

5. The delivery method of Claim 1, wherein there is included between steps "a" and "b" the step of using in connection with the computerized data base test and historical data to evaluate the ordered perishable item(s) and, by calculation, predict the needed form and amount of temperature generating material to safely pack and deliver the order perishable item(s) in the agreed to maximum elapsed time and within a safe temperature range for the ordered perishable item(s).

6. The delivery method of Claim 5, wherein there is further included the step of using the calculations done in the steps of Claim 4 to guide the purveyor's shipping personnel in packaging the ordered perishable item(s) .

7. The delivery method of Claim 1, wherein there is included in connection with steps ^,vc" & "d" the step of attaching the monitor to the outside of the closed container and including with the monitor printed instructions fo the customer in performing step "f ."

8. The delivery method of Claim 1, wherein there is included in connection with steps "c" the step of monitoring with a single monitor both the maximum elapsed time as well as the passing of a maximum allowed temperature; and, wherein there is included before step "d" the step of placing the single monitor in with the perishable item(s) within the inside of the container before it is closed.

9. The delivery method of Claim 8, wherein there is further included in connection with the steps of Claim 8, the step of including with the single monitor printed instructions fo the customer in performing step "f ."

10. The delivery method of Claim 1, wherein there is further included in steps "b" and "d" the steps of individually packaging the frozen item(s) with in a temperature generating , encompassing sub-unit; and collectively packaging the combined refrigerated item(s) and the individually packaged frozen item(s) into a collectively encompassing, temperature generating sub-unit .

11. The delivery method of Claim 1, wherein in connection with steps ^wb" and "d" there is included the step of using a corrugated cardboard box for the container. CO c

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