Patent ID: 7677393

Claim:
A container for holding a plurality of wafers in an axially aligned, generally parallel spaced apart arrangement, the container comprising: an enclosure portion having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, a back and an open front; at least one wafer support in the enclosure; a kinematic coupling on the bottom of the enclosure; and a door for sealingly closing the open front comprising: a chassis; and an operable latching mechanism on the chassis including a cam selectively rotatable to shift the latching mechanism between a first favored position and a second favored position, the cam having an elongate slot defined therein with first and second opposing ends, the latching mechanism further including at least one laterally slidable latching arm having a cam follower portion slidably engaged in the slot and at least one vibration dampener for dampening vibrations generated when the latching mechanism is shifted between the first and second favored positions, wherein the at least one vibration dampener comprises a resilient finger disposed proximate the first end of the slot and extending into the slot so as to engage the cam follower portion and exert a biasing force resisting motion of the cam follower portion towards the first end of the slot, the latching mechanism further including a biasing spring operably coupled with the latching mechanism and arranged to provide a biasing force for urging the latching mechanism toward each of the first and second favored positions.