Patent ID: 7410061

Claim:
A thin plate supporting container comprising: a container body for housing therein a plurality of thin plates, a lid unit for closing the container body, slotted plates fixed on side walls facing each other in the container body for supporting the thin plates housed therein from opposing sides, a gasket fixed between the lid unit and the container body, said gasket having a base end supporting portion for supporting the whole by being fit to a rim of the lid unit, and a flange-shaped contact portion extending from the base end supporting portion to a distal end, wherein the contact portion is bent to form an intermediate bent portion bulging toward and contacting only the rim of the lid, and an outer periphery portion extending away from the rim to the distal end, and wherein the intermediate portion is pressed between the lid unit and the container body and the distal end of the contact portion is in contact with only the container body, in a state where the container body is closed by the lid unit, by the elastic force of the contact portion.