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A CARD EXHIBITOR FOR SHOWING A PLURALITY OF RECTANGULAR CARDS EACH OF THE SAME FACE DIMENSIONS COMPRISING, A SHALLOW CABINET SOMEWHAT WIDER THAN THE LATERAL DIMENSION OF SAID CARDS AND ABOUT TWICE THE HEIGHT OF THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF THE CARDS HAVING: A FRONT PANEL HAVING, IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF AN EXHIBIT OPENING FRAMING THE FACE OF THE CARDS BEING EXHIBITED; THE SPACE WITHIN THE CABINET BEING ALLOCATED TO AN UPPER STORAGE SPACE BEHIND THE EXHIBIT OPENING AND A LOWER STORAGE SPACE BEHIND THE CLOSED PORTION OF SAID FRONT PANEL; A CUSHION DEVICE ON THE FLOOR OF THE LOWER STORAGE SPACE FOR CUSHIONING THE FALL OF CARDS THEREUPON; A LEDGE UPON A FIRST SIDE WALL OF THE CABINET, IN THE LOWER SPACE AND BELOW THE EXHIBIT OPENING, THE OUTER LIP OF SAID LEDGE BEING SPACED HORIZONTALLY FROM THE SECOND, OPPOSITE SIDE WALL, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE LATERAL DIMENSION OF THE CARDS, A PROJECTING MEMBER HAVING A VERTICAL FACE, EXTENDING TOWARD THE FIRST SIDE WALL A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF THE LEDGE AND LOCATED ON THE SECOND SIDE WALL WITH THE LOWER EDGE OF ITS VERTICAL FACE ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LEDGE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF THE CARDS; A FIRST CLEAR SPACE IN THE UPPER STORAGE SPACE EXTENDING FROM THE PROJECTING MEMBER ON THE SECOND SIDE WALL, EXTENDING ALONG SAID SIDEWALL DOWNWARDLY INTO THE LOWER STORAGE SPACE; SAID CARDS BEING HELD IN EXHIBIT POSITION BEHIND THE EXHIBIT OPENING WITH THE LOWER FACE OF A LOWER CORNER RESTING UPON SAID LEDGE AND THE SIDE FACE OF THE DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNER RESTING AGAINST THE VERTICAL FACE OF SAID PROJECTING MEMBER; A SECOND CLEAR SPACE ABOVE THE CARDS IN EXHIBIT POSITION; AND A CARD SHIFTING MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CABINET, SAID SHIFTING MEMBER INCLUDING AN OPERATOR FOOT ELEMENT MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FACE OF THE FRONTMOST CARD, AN OPERATING HANDLE AND AN OPERATING SHAFT CONNECTING SAID HANDLE AND SAID FOOT ELEMENT WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID HANDLE CAUSES SAID FOOT ELEMENT TO ENGAGE THE FRONTMOST CARD AND MOVE IT UPWARDLY AND SIDEWARDLY TOWARD SAID FIRST AND SECOND CLEAR SPACES AND OFF SAID LEDGE AND WHEREBY RELEASE OF ENGAGEMENT OF SAID FOOT ELEMENT RELEASES SAID CARD TO ENABLE SAID FRONTMOST CARD TO FALL INTO THE LOWER STORAGE SPACE, THEREBY EXPOSING A FOLLOWING CARD; SAID CABINET BEING INVERTABLE WHEREBY CARDS LOCATED IN THE NORMALLY LOWER STORAGE COMPARTMENT MAY SLIDE INTO THE NORMALLY UPPER STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND, UPON TILTING OF SAID CABINET, COME TO REST UPON SAID LEDGE AND SAID PROJECTING MEMBER FOR SUBSEQUENT EXHIBITION.