Patent ID: 7316315

Claim:
A thin plate storage container including a container body for storing a plurality of thin plates and a lid for closing and sealing the container body, the lid having at least one thin plate supporting member comprising: a base supporting bar on an interior surface of the lid; a plurality of supporting portions extending in parallel from base ends integral with the base supporting bar to tip ends in the form of caul plate portions for contact with supporting structure on the interior of surface of the lid, the supporting portions being spaced apart at regular intervals; wherein each of the supporting portions comprises a contacting portion for engaging and resiliently holding an edge portion of a thin plate, the contacting portion being located intermediate the base end and the tip end of the supporting portion, thereby dividing the supporting portion into a base supporting portion and a tip supporting portion; wherein the contacting portion is elastically supported only by the base supporting portion when a gap is present between the caul plate portion and the supporting structure; and wherein the base supporting portion and the tip supporting portion elastically support the contacting portion from opposite sides thereof when the caul plate portion is in contact with the supporting structure.