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A shipping apparatus includes a container with a closeable top for carrying pharmaceuticals and a cooling means for keeping the pharmaceuticals temperature protected. The apparatus further includes a retention means within the container for positioning and securing the pharmaceuticals and cooling me

A shipping apparatus includes a container with a closeable top for carrying pharmaceuticals and a cooling means for keeping the pharmaceuticals temperature protected. The apparatus further includes a retention means within the container for positioning and securing the pharmaceuticals and cooling means, and a gripping means for transporting the container. A method of using a shipping apparatus includes the steps of assembling a container with a closeable top for carrying pharmaceuticals, activating, and inserting a cooling means into a retention means of the container for keeping said pharmaceuticals temperature protected. The steps further include inserting the pharmaceuticals into the retention means within the container for positioning and securing the pharmaceuticals, closing the top of the container and engaging a gripping means for transporting the container.

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A shipping apparatus includes a container with a closeable top for carrying pharmaceuticals and a cooling means for keeping the pharmaceuticals temperature protected. The apparatus further includes a retention means within the container for positioning and securing the pharmaceuticals and cooling me

A shipping apparatus includes a container with a closeable top for carrying pharmaceuticals and a cooling means for keeping the pharmaceuticals temperature protected. The apparatus further includes a retention means within the container for positioning and securing the pharmaceuticals and cooling means, and a gripping means for transporting the container. A method of using a shipping apparatus includes the steps of assembling a container with a closeable top for carrying pharmaceuticals, activating, and inserting a cooling means into a retention means of the container for keeping said pharmaceuticals temperature protected. The steps further include inserting the pharmaceuticals into the retention means within the container for positioning and securing the pharmaceuticals, closing the top of the container and engaging a gripping means for transporting the container. y member to another side, said first and second recesses being disposed in substantially mutually perpendicular relation to each other, said recesses being defined by laterally opposite spaced-apart internal wall surfaces disposed generally normal to said lower end so that each of said recesses is adapted to receive and support a horizontally oriented deck support element in frictional seated edge relation without the use of connectors or brackets, said upper end further having an upwardly facing enlarged socket intersected by said recesses and defined by a base surface and by socket sidewall surfaces forming four mutually opposed inverse right-angle corners spaced apart farther than said spaced-apart internal wall surfaces defining said recesses so that said socket can receive and support external corners of the bottom of a generally vertically oriented deck support element in substantial frictional engagement; positioning said pier blocks on said building site with said pier block upper ends oriented for selectively receiving said deck support elements; determining whether any of the upper ends of said pier blocks are disposed below a predetermined height as established by the desired height for said horizontally disposed deck surface; inserting a vertically oriented deck support element of predetermined length into the upwardly facing enlarged socket of any pier block whose upper end is determined to be below said predetermined height so that an upper end of the vertically oriented deck support element is generally coplanar with the predetermined height as established by said desired height; selectively positioning horizontal deck support elements within said upwardly facing recesses of said pier blocks determined to have their upper ends disposed at said predetermined height with selected ones of said horizontal deck support elements also resting on top of said vertically oriented deck support elements that are inserted into said enlarged sockets, and supporting said deck surface on upper edge surfaces of said horizontal deck support elements. 2. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein said pier blocks are arranged in generally parallel rows. 3. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein each of said pier blocks comprises a one-piece concrete body member having a generally polygonal external peripheral surface, an upper end surface, and a lower end surface adapted for supporting engagement with the building site.