Patent ID: 6880718

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 latching mechanism having at least one rotary actuating member; and at least a first spring member operably coupled with the door chassis, said spring member adapted to engage the rotary actuating member and disposed so as 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.