Patent ID: 7523830

Claim:
The combination of a plurality of wafers and a container for holding the 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 opposing open front defined by a door frame; a door sealingly receivable in the door frame to close the open front; and a wafer restraint system comprising at least one wafer support structure in the enclosure portion and a wafer restraint structure on the door for engaging and restraining the wafers, the at least one wafer support structure including a plurality of wafer support shelves defining a plurality of slots, each slot adapted to receive a separate one of the plurality of wafers, the wafer restraint structure on the door comprising a primary restraint structure and a secondary restraint structure, the primary restraint structure comprising a plurality of resilient wafer engaging members arranged so that a first plurality of the wafer engaging members is spaced apart from and opposing a second plurality of the wafer engaging members, wherein each of the resilient wafer engaging members comprises a first elongate connecting portion and a first synclinally shaped wafer receiving portion, the first wafer receiving portion positioned proximate a first end of the first connecting portion, a second end of the first connecting portion being operably coupled with the door, the secondary restraint structure positioned intermediate the first and second pluralities of wafer engaging members and defining a plurality of notches, the notches arranged so that a separate one of the plurality of wafers is received in each notch when the door is engaged in the door frame.