Patent ID: 7100772

Claim:
The combination of a wafer and a container for holding the wafer wherein the container comprises: an enclosure portion having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, a back and an opposing open front defined by a door frame; a door sealingly engagable in the door frame to close the open front; and a wafer restraint system in the enclosure comprising at least one fixed wafer restraint portion and at least one operable wafer restraint portion, the operable wafer restraint portion being selectively shiftable with the door between a first position wherein the operable wafer restraint portion is positioned to enable the wafer to be inserted and removed from the container, and a second position wherein, when the wafer is received in the fixed wafer restraint portion, the operable wafer restraint portion is engaged with and restrains the wafer, the wafer restraint system including a generally c-shaped wafer support having a pair of opposing branches, each branch having a first end fixedly coupled to the back of the enclosure portion and a second opposing end cantilevered therefrom, each branch further including a forward wafer engaging portion proximate the second end, the wafer restraint system further including an actuator disposed so as to engage and urge the second ends of the branches inwardly when the door is engaged with the enclosure portion.