Patent ID: 7353942

Claim:
A disk housing case, comprising: a disk tray for removably holding a recording medium disk; and a pair of case halves, which are linked at first ends thereof so as to be openable and closable, for housing the disk tray; the disk tray being fitted into at least one of the case halves; one of a card and a booklet index interposed between the disk tray and the at least one case half in which the disk tray is fitted; an index opening, which, without removal of the disk tray from said at least one case half and while the disk tray remains fitted therein, opens at least when the index is either inserted or removed, provided at a first end or a second end of each of the pair of case halves; and a contact opening, for enabling one of a finger and an index sliding member to contact the index to either insert or remove the index, provided in at least one of the disk tray and the case half in which the disk tray is fitted.