Stabilized insulated containers

Claim 1

IN AN INSULATED CONTAINER ADAPTED FOR SHIPMENT AND SO SUBJECT TO DISPLACEMENT OF THE INSULATION BY FORCES ENCOUNTERED DURING SHIPMENT COMPRISING AN INNER CYLINDRICAL VESSEL, SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL VESSEL HAVING (A) A HEADER FITTED TRANSVERSELY TO EACH END THEREOF AND (B) THE OUTER SURFACE ENTIRELY COVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE INSULATING LAYER EACH OF WHICH LAYERS IS COMPOSED OF AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT, SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR SHEETS OF INSULATING MATERIAL DISPOSED ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CYLINDRICAL VESSEL SO THAT EACH LATERAL EDGE OF EACH SHEET IS IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CYLINDRICAL VESSEL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES THE PROVISION OF OVERLAPPING AND LONGITUDINAL LOAD TRANSMITTING CONTACT BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF SHEETS OF THE INSULATING MATERIAL AND THE ATTACHMENT OF AT LEAST ONE LAYER OF THE INSULATING MATERIAL TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID HEADERS, THE AMOUNT OF OVERLAPPING AND THE DEGREE OF CONTACT BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF SHEETS BEING SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT THE TRANSMISSION OF LONGITUDINAL INERTIAL FORCES TO WHICH THE INSULATED CONTAINER IS SUBJECTED DURING SHIPMENT THROUGH THE OVERLAPPING ADJACENT SHEETS OF A LAYER OF INSULATING MATERIAL TO A HEADER TO WHICH THE LAYER IS ATTACHED.