Frozen food container

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A SHIPPING CONTAINER, SAID SHIPPING CONTAINER HAVING TOP, SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS WHICH INCLUDE AN INSULATING MATERIAL TO THEREBY MINIMIZE THE RATE OF HEAT FLOW THERETHROUGH, LINER MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN THE ZONE FORMED BY THE WALLS OF THE SHIPPING CONTAINER, SAID LINER MEANS HAVING BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS CONNECTED ONE TO ANOTHER TO FORM A LIQUID TIGHT RECEPTACLE, A PLURALITY OF CARTONS DISPOSED WITHIN THE LINER MEANS, EACH OF SAID CARTONS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE PACKAGE OF FROZEN FOODSTUFFS, SAID CARTONS BEING ARRANGED IN PACKED, ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE WALLS OF EACH OF SAID CARTONS BEING COMPOSED OF A POROUS, WICK-LIKE MATERIAL WHICH IS CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING A COLD, LIQUID REFRIGERANT IN CONTACT WITH THE CARTON AT ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER LOCATION, SAID WALLS THEREBY PROVIDING A COMBINED RESERVOIR AND FIRST REFRIGERANT FLOW PATH FOR LIQUID REFRIGERANT IN CONTACT WITH SAID CARTONS, SAID CARTONS FORMING PASSAGES CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING A COLD LIQUID REFRIGERANT LOCATED THEREIN FROM A FIRST LOCATION TO A SECOND LOCATION BY CAPILLARY ACTION IN AREAS WHERE SAID CARTONS ABUT ONE ANOTHER, SAID CAPILLARY PASSAGES THEREBY PROVIDING A COMBINED RESERVOIR AND SECOND REFRIGERANT FLOW PATH FOR LIQUID REFRIGERANT IN CONTACT WITH SAID CARTONS, THE PACKAGE OR PACKAGES WITHIN EACH CARTON INCLUDING WRAPPER MEANS WHICH ENABLE THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE TO BE EXPOSED TO THE EFFECT OF THE REFRIGERANT WHICH REACHES THE WRAPPER, AND A QUANTITY OF REFRIGERANT WITHIN THE LINER MEANS, AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHICH REFRIGERANT IS INITIALLY IN A LIQUID CONDITION AND CONTAINED IN THE FIRST AND SECOND RESERVOIR MEANS FORMED, RESPECTIVELY, BY THE CARTON WALLS AND THE CAPILLARY PASSAGES FORMED BETWEEN ADJACENT, ABUTTING CARTONS.