Wafer shipping and storage container

A wafer carrier for holding wafers in vertical stacks with lower wafers supporting an underside of upper wafers, the wafer carrier comprising:

• a base comprising a deck with at least one wall having an inner circumference defining a roughly cylindrical storage area with a selected diameter, an outer surface, the cylindrical storage area configured to store at least one disc shaped object therein, said at least one wall has a chamber therein, said chamber open to a top of the wall,
• a desiccant located in said chamber,
• a cover including a cylindrical recess configured to fit over and around substantially all of the wall of the base, and
• a layer of compressible material positioned between an underside of the cylindrical recess and at least one disc shaped object positioned in the cylindrical storage area, the layer of compressible material compressing the at least one disc shaped object in the storage area to inhibit movement of the disc shaped object within the storage area,
• wherein the at least one wall includes four walls with a gap between adjacent walls.

A shipping and storage container for holding disk shaped objects, the shipping and storage container comprising;

• a base including a deck with at least one wall having an inner circumference defining a roughly cylindrical storage area with a first selected diameter, an outer surface, and at least one gap formed in the wall, the cylindrical storage area configured to store at least one disc shaped object therein, said base having a first pattern formed of raised ridges extending downward from a bottom surface of said base,
• a cover including a cylindrical recess configured to fit over and around the wall of the base, said cover having a second pattern formed of raised ridges extending upward from a top surface of said cover, said ridges sized and configured to interlink with said first pattern on said base, and
• a layer of compressible material positioned between an underside of the cylindrical recess and at least one disc shaped object positioned in the cylindrical storage area, the layer of compressible material inhibiting movement of the at least one disc shaped object within the storage area,
• wherein each of said first and second patterns have a square center, three narrow arms and one wide arm.