Patent ID: 6955382

Claim:
A wafer container for holding semiconductor wafers, the container comprising: an enclosure portion having at least a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, a back, and an open front; a pair of wafer supports in the enclosure portion, the wafer supports defining a plurality of slots, each slot adapted to receive a wafer; and a door to close the open front of the enclosure portion, said door comprising: a door chassis; and at least a first latching mechanism on said door chassis, said first latching mechanism including: a rotatable cam member having a first surface, an opposed second surface, and a periphery, the first surface having a first raised lip portion at the periphery, the second surface having a recessed portion inward of the periphery; and at least a first latching arm having a bifurcate cam follower portion with a pair of branches, the bifurcate cam follower portion being slidingly engaged with the periphery of the cam member at the bifurcation of the branches, a first branch of said pair of branches engaged with the first raised lip portion, and a second branch of said pair of branches engaged with the recessed portion.