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A container system for packing live lobsters and other crustaceans has two sidewall components, and optional intermediate wall components, with mating faces formed with uniformly spaced vertical pockets. There may be a separable bottom component as well. The components may be separately molded for i

A container system for packing live lobsters and other crustaceans has two sidewall components, and optional intermediate wall components, with mating faces formed with uniformly spaced vertical pockets. There may be a separable bottom component as well. The components may be separately molded for interchangeable fit, or cut out from a common core molding as a matched set. Together the y form an open top box, with pockets aligned to form open top cells for holding lobsters, tail first. A top is used to contain the live lobsters under a cooling gel pack or layer of ice. The closed box may be further enclosed in a sleeve and liner for additional security and protection against leakage. The box can be opened one component at a time, exposing only one layer of lobsters at a time, permitting easy inspection and removal of each lobster.

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1. A packing box for lobsters and other crustaceans, comprising: at least two opposing side walls, each with a vertical mating face and a lid mating face, each said vertical mating face formed with at least one vertically elongate open top pocket; at least one cell partition wall with two opposi

1. A packing box for lobsters and other crustaceans, comprising: at least two opposing side walls, each with a vertical mating face and a lid mating face, each said vertical mating face formed with at least one vertically elongate open top pocket; at least one cell partition wall with two opposing said vertical mating faces, each said vertical mating face likewise formed with at least one said vertically elongate open top pocket, each said side wall component being connectable to at least one said mating face of said cell partition wall opposing said pockets aligned in pairs forming open top vertical cells for said lobsters and other crustacens; wherein all said walls are fabricated of insulating foam; and a lid, said lid removably closable over the lid mating face of said open top box so as to form a common headspace, said open top vertically elongate pockets communicating with said common headspace. 2. A packing box for lobsters according to claim 1, said at least one pocket being six pockets uniformly spaced along said mating face. 3. A packing box for lobsters according to claim 1, said vertical mating faces being configured with a mating channel and flange structure extending along the sides and bottom thereof. 4. A packing box for lobsters according to claim 1, said box fabricated of molded polystyrene. 5. A packing container system for lobsters and other crustaceans, comprising an open top box containing an array of open top vertical cells and a matching box lid, said box and said lid being of molded foam construction, said box consisting of two side wall parts and at least one partition wall part cut along vertical cut lines from a common molded foam component so as to expose vertical mating faces, each said vertical mating face having at least one vertically elongate open pocket, said pocket being a portion of a said open top vertical cell divided by said vertical cut line, said parts being removably connectable at said vertical mating faces with said pockets aligned as said open top vertical cells, said lid being removably closable on said box so as to form a common headspaee, said open top vertical cells communicating with said common headspace. 6. A packing container system for lobsters according to claim 5, further comprising a bottom part cut along a horizontal line from said common molded foam component so as to expose a horizontal mating face on said bottom part and a bottom side mating face on each of said wall parts. 7. A packing container system for lobsters according to claim 6, said bottom part comprising bottom surfaces of said cells. 8. A packing container system for lobsters according to claim 5, comprising a sealing flange around the topside perimeter of said box and a mating scaling flanged around the underside perimeter of said lid. 9. A packing container system for lobsters according to claim 5, said array of open top vertical cells being a four by six array. 10. A packing box for lobsters according to claim 5, said wall parts having six said pockets uniformly distributed along each said vertical mating face. 11. A packing container system according to claim 5, said box and said lid constructed of molded polystyrene. 12. A packing container system according to claim 5, further comprising an outer plastic scaling bag and a corrugated box enclosure for said box and lid.