Patent ID: 7051872

Claim:
A media storage disk box comprising: a first metal cover pivotally engaged to a second metal cover to be movable between i. a closed condition to provide an enclosure within which a disk mounting region to support a media storage disk is located and ii. an open condition to provide access to said enclosure, a hinge of a plastic material affixed to said first metal cover and to said second metal cover, said hinge including at least one flexible region defining at least a first axis of rotation for pivotal movement of said first metal cover with respect to said second metal cover between said open and closed conditions, an extension panel integrally formed with said hinge, said extension panel affixed to said first metal cover, said extension panel including a base including said disk mounting region for releasably affixing a media storage disk, and said extension panel having a perimeter, an edge region at which said hinge is formed and side walls extending up from said base around said perimeter except at said edge region at which said hinge is formed; said first metal cover including upstanding wall sections enclosing said side walls of said extension panel around said perimeter except at said edge region of said extension panel at which said hinge is formed.