Patents by Inventor George Flora

George Flora has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of packaging thermally labile goods employing color-coded panels of phase change material
    Patent number: 7905075
    Abstract: A method of packaging thermally labile goods. The method includes the steps of (a) obtaining a legend correlating some thermally labile goods with a first color and other thermally labile goods with a second color, (b) locating the thermally labile goods to be packaged on the legend and identifying the correlated color, (c) selecting thermally conditioned panels displaying the correlated color from amongst a plurality of panels displaying different colors wherein the panels are color coded in relation to the phase change temperature of the phase change material contained within the panels, (d) lining the retention chamber of a thermally insulated container with the obtained thermally conditioned panels, (e) placing the thermally labile goods to be packaged into the lined retention chamber, and (f) closing the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Minnesota Thermal Science, LLC
    Inventor: George Flora
  • METHOD OF PACKAGING THERMALLY LABILE GOODS EMPLOYING COLOR-CODED PANELS OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20090145092
    Abstract: A method of packaging thermally labile goods. The method includes the steps of (a) obtaining a legend correlating some thermally labile goods with a first color and other thermally labile goods with a second color, (b) locating the thermally labile goods to be packaged on the legend and identifying the correlated color, (c) selecting thermally conditioned panels displaying the correlated color from amongst a plurality of panels displaying different colors wherein the panels are color coded in relation to the phase change temperature of the phase change material contained within the panels, (d) lining the retention chamber of a thermally insulated container with the obtained thermally conditioned panels, (e) placing the thermally labile goods to be packaged into the lined retention chamber, and (f) closing the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: MINNESOTA THERMAL SCIENCE, LLC
    Inventor: George Flora
  • Method of packaging thermally labile goods employing color-coded panels of phase change material
    Patent number: 7516600
    Abstract: A method of packaging thermally labile goods. The method includes the steps of (a) obtaining a legend correlating thermally labile goods with a PCM panel color, (b) locating the thermally labile goods to be packaged on the legend and identifying the correlated PCM panel color, (c) obtaining thermally conditioned panels of the correlated PCM panel color from amongst a plurality of differently colored thermally conditioned panels color coded in relation to the phase change temperature of the phase change material contained within the panels, (d) lining the retention chamber of a thermally insulated container with the obtained thermally conditioned PCM panels, (e) placing the thermally labile goods to be packaged into the lined retention chamber, and (f) closing the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Minnesota Thermal Science, LLC
    Inventor: George Flora