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A MATCHBOOK COVER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A CONVENTIONAL BOOK OF SAFETY MATCHES HAVING A FRAGMENTARY PORTION OF THE REAR PANEL THEREOF, THE STRIKING FLAP AND STRIPS OF MATCHES; AND AN INTEGRALLY FORMED, REFILLABLE MATCHBOOK COVER OF RELATIVELY RIGID, RESILIENTLY DEFLECTABLE SYNTHETIC PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL, SAID COVER HAVING A PLURALITY OF FOLDS THEREIN PROVIDING FRONT, TOP, REAR, BOTTOM AND RETAINING WALL PANELS ENCLOSING SAID BOOK OF SAFETY MATCHES, SAID RETAINING WALL PANEL EXTENDING IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM SAID REAR WALL PANEL TOWARD SAID TOP WALL PANEL AND HAVING A RETAINING FLAP DEPENDING FROM THE UPPER END THEREOF ENGAGING BETWEEN THE STRIKING FLAP AND SAID STRIPS OF MATCHES TO RETAIN SAID BOOK WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE BETWEEN SAID RETAINING WALL AND REAR WALL PANELS, SAID RETAINING WALL PANEL HAVING A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING APERTURE EXPOSING THE STRIKING SURFACE ON THE ENGAGED STRIKING FLAP OF SAID BOOK OF MATCHES, THE FREE END OF SAID FRONT WALL PANEL BEING ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID STRIPS OF MATCHES AND SAID RETAINING FLAP AND RESILIENTLY BEARING AGAINST SAID RETAINING FLAP TO PROVIDE A HINGED CLOSURE FOR SAID COVER AND SAID BOOK OF MATCHES, SAID FRONT WALL PANEL BEING DISENGAGEABLE BETWEEN SAID STRIPS OF MATCHES AND SAID RETAINING FLAP AND PIVOTABLE ABOUT ITS FOLD WITH SAID TOP WALL PANEL TO EXPOSE SAID STRIPS OF MATCHES FOR REMOVAL OF ONE OF SAID MATCHES, SAID CONVENTIONAL BOOK OF SAFETY MATCHES BEING REMOVABLE FROM SAID COVER BY SLIDING MOVEMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SIDES OF SAID COVER TO PERMIT INSERTION THEREINTO OF A NEW BOOK OF SAFETY MATCHES OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION.