Patent ID: 7168587

Claim:
A wafer container, comprising: a container portion including a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, a back and an open front: a pair of wafer supports in the container portion for holding a plurality of horizontally aligned and spaced wafers; and a door to sealingly close the open front, the door comprising: a door chassis; at least one latching mechanism on the door chassis, said at least one latching mechanism having a rotary actuating member presenting a radial protuberance; and at least a first spring member operably coupled with the door chassis, said spring member having structure for engaging the radial protuberance of the rotary actuating member to hold the rotary actuating member at a first favored position, said spring member adapted to urge said rotary actuating member toward the first favored position over a first rotational range of said rotary actuating member of at least 5 degrees proximate to the first favored position.