Patent ID: 7886910

Claim:
A wafer container comprising an enclosure portion with an open front, a door for sealingly closing the open front, the enclosure portion comprising a plurality of shelves for holding a vertical stack of spaced horizontal wafers, the door having a door housing, a wafer restraint formed of conductive plastic with a plurality of wafer engagement members positioned on the door housing, said plurality of wafer engagement members adapted to engage said stack of spaced horizontal wafers when said door is positioned so as to sealingly close the open front of said enclosure portion, and a latching mechanism contained within the door housing, the latching mechanism having a key receiving portion on a front side of the door with a key receiving slot, the door housing and latching mechanism having conductive portions electrically conductively connecting said wafer restraint with said key receiving portion so that when a grounded key is inserted into the key slot to engage the key receiving portion, the wafer restraint is grounded though said conductive portions.