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AN IMPROVED DISPLAY BOX COMPRISING: (A) A BOTTOM PORTION HAVING AT LEAST AN ELONGATE BASE WALL, AN UPRIGHT FRONT WALL JOINED AT AN ANGLE TO THE FRONT EDGE OF THE BASE WALL AND COEXTENSIVE WITH THE BASE WALL, AND TWO UPRIGHT END WALLS EACH JOINED TO AND COEXTENSIVE WITH RESPECT OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES OF THE BASE AND FRONT WALLS; (B) A COVER PORTION HAVING AN ELONGATE TOP WALL SPACED FROM THE BASE WALL, AN UPRIGHT BACK WALL COEXTENSIVE WITH THE TOP WALL AT THE REAR EDGE OF THE TOP WALL AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM TO A BOTTOM EDGE ADJACENT THE BASE WALL, AND TWO ADDITIONAL UPRIGHT END WALLS EACH BEING JOINED TO AND COEXTENSIVE WITH RESPECT OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES OF THE TOP AND BACK WALLS, THE ADDITIONAL LATERAL EDGES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY OVER AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE BOTTOM PORTION END WALLS IN AN OVERLAPPING SLIDABLE RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH; (C) HINGE PINS CONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE BOTTOM AND COVER PORTION END WALLS PROXIMATE TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BACK WALL AND THE REAR EDGE OF THE BASE WALL TO PERMIT PIVOTING OF THE COVER PORTION ABOUT A PIVOT AXIS BETWEEN A CLOSED POSITION WTH THE COVER PORTION END WALLS OVERLAPPING THE BOTTOM PORTION END WALLS, AND AN OPEN DISPLAY POSITION WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE BACK WALL ABUTTING THE BASE WALL TO HOLD THE COVER PORTION IN AN UPRIGHT AND REARWARDLY INCLINED POSITION; AND (D) A SUPPORT SLEEVE OF RELATIVELY STIFF MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF PANELS JOINED IN AN ANNULAR FASHION, THE PANELS HAVING RESPECTIVE WIDTHS TO FORM THE SLEEVE WITH A CROSS-SECTION EQUAL IN SIZE TO THE OVERALL OUTER LATERAL CROSS-SECTION OF THE COVER AND BOTTOM PORTIONS TRANSVERSE TO THE PIVOT AXIS WHEN THE COVER PORTION IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION AND THE SLEEVE BEING SLIDABLE OVER THE COVER AND BOTTOM PORTIONS ALONG THE PIVOT AXIS TO FIRMLY RETAIN THE COVER PORTION IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, THE SLEEVE PANELS FURTHER HAVING BASE EDGES ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE SLEEVE IN A COMMON PLANE ENABLE THE SLEEVE TO STAND WITH THE PANELS UPRIGHT, AND AT LEAST TWO OF THE PANELS INCLUDING EDGE MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SLEEVE DEFINING CUT OUTS AT AN ANGLE EQUAL TO THE ANGLE OF THE BASE AND FRONT WALLS, THE EDGE MEANS ENGAGING THE BASE AND FRONT WALLS, WHEN THE SLEEVE IS STANDING TO SUPPORT THE BOTTOM PORTION IN AN INCLINED DISPLAY POSITION WITH THE OUTER PORTION IN ITS OPEN DISPLAY POSITION.