Patent ID: 6341695
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A containment device for retaining semiconductor wafers comprising:a first housing member for retaining semiconductor wafers therein having a frame including a base portion; a circular inner wall and a circular outer wall, the inner and outer walls extending generally perpendicularly from the base portion of the frame, the inner and outer walls having a spaced apart relationship forming a gap therebetween, the inner wall adapted to receive the semiconductor wafers therewithin; a second housing member removably securably attached to the first housing member, the second housing member having a frame that forms the top of the containment device when the first and second housing members are securably attached together; and a plurality of latches hingedly mounted to the first housing member, said second housing member having means aligned with said latches for receiving said latches to removably secure said first housing member to said second housing member.