Patent ID: 7450219
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A reticle-carrying container, comprising: a pod for storing a reticle, the pod having a body portion with walls defining an interior with corners and extending to an opening; a door for closing the opening; a seal for hermetically sealing the interior with the opening closed by the door; a pair of retainers which cooperate to hold a corner of the stored reticle therebetween, each of the retainers being molded of an elastic material and presenting an inclined surface, oblique to the walls, for contact with one edge of the corner of the stored reticle and each of the retainers having a gap located internally within the retainer, adjacent to and spaced from the inclined surface, the gap providing a shock-absorbing function by allowing elastic deformation of the inclined surface, wherein each of the retainers includes a retainer receiving portion formed integrally with the pod or door and having a cut-out at one surface, and a retainer plate providing the inclined surface, supported on the retainer receiving portion and covering the cut-out to define the gap between the retainer receiving portion and the retainer plate.