Patent ID: 7624870

Claim:
A single thin plate storage container comprising a main body for storing one ultra-thin plate having a thickness of 25 μm to 400 μm that can be easily bent and a lid attached to the main body, wherein the single thin plate storage container comprises a bottom side support member that is located on the main body side and supports the thin plate by a surface from the bottom side, and a front side support member that is located on the lid side and supports the thin plate from the upper front side, and wherein the bottom side support member comprises a center support part for supporting a central part of the thin plate by the surface from the bottom side, an outer periphery support section for supporting an outer periphery of the thin plate by the surface from the bottom side, a peripheral edge support member for abutting a peripheral edge of the thin plate and supporting the thin plate radially from outside, and a ring board for combining integrally the center support part and the outer periphery support part, and wherein the front side support member comprises an abutting part that abuts elastically a front side of the thin plate placed on the bottom side support member and supports the thin plate in such a manner as to sandwich the thin plate between the abutting part and the bottom side support member, and wherein the abutting part is composed of a peripheral edge abutting part provided as opposed to the outer periphery support part of the bottom side support member and supports the thin plate in such a manner to sandwich the thin plate between the peripheral edge abutting part and the outer periphery support section, and an center abutting part that is provided as opposed to the center support part of the bottom side support member and supports the thin plate in such a manner as to sandwich the thin plate between the center abutting part and the center support part, and wherein when the lid is closed, the bottom side support member abuts and supports the thin plate from the bottom side and the front side support member abuts and supports the thin plate from the upper front side.