Patent ID: 8113342

Claim:
An instrument housing case for housing an instrument which is longer in a first direction as compared to a second direction, the instrument housing case comprising: a main body having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces and two end surfaces, wherein the upper surface and the lower surface each have a width larger than a width of the two side surfaces; the two end surfaces each contact the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces; and the main body includes an opening ranging from a location at approximately the middle of the upper surface in a longitudinal direction to a location adjacent to one of the end surfaces, and includes a portion of the two side surfaces; and a cover body shaped to close the opening of the main body and pivotably fixed to an edge portion of the opening in the upper surface of the main body, wherein the edge portion to which the cover body is fixed is at a location closer to a center of the main body than to either of the two end surfaces.