Patent ID: 8178055

Claim:
A sample holder, comprising: a skirt, wherein one end of said skirt is formed as a door; a plurality of separate sample holder portions sized to fit through said door when said door is in the open position, and configured to slide into said skirt; and wherein said skirt comprises mating retainers comprising a tongue and a groove on opposite ends thereof; wherein each of said separate sample holder portions comprise mating retainers comprising a tongue and a groove on opposite sides thereof; wherein the mating retainers on said skirt and on each of said sample holder portions are positioned such that each groove on a sample holder portion engages either a tongue on said skirt or a tongue on a different one of said sample holder portions by sliding motion as said sample holder portions are slid into said skirt and said door is closed; and wherein the mating retainers on said skirt and on each of said sample holder portions are positioned such that each tongue on a sample holder portion engages either a groove on said skirt or a groove on a different one of said sample holder portions by sliding motion as said sample holder portions are slid into said skirt and said door is closed.