Patent ID: 6902059

Claim:
A disk carrier for housing a plurality of disks, comprising; a disk cassette having at least two opposing side walls and at least two opposing end walls forming an interior to enclose the disks, a top edge defining a top opening, and a bottom edge defining a bottom opening, wherein the side walls have a plurality of disk confining ribs and a plurality of slot portions to secure the disks in the interior of the disk cassette, and wherein the end walls have at least one ingress to access the disks; a bottom cover to cover the bottom opening, the bottom cover having at least two bottom cover ends and being configured and arranged to attach to the bottom edge of the disk cassette, the bottom cover ends and the disk cassette end walls defining a side connecting region having a cooperating connection structure; and a top cover to cover the top opening and the at least one end wall ingress, the top cover configured and arranged to attach to the top edge and having at least one flap to conceal the at least one end wall ingress, wherein each flap has an articulation defining a lower flap portion so the lower flap portion by itself rides outwardly over the cooperating connection structure and smoothly returns to its natural position, the flap bending at the articulation, to connect the flap to the side connecting region.