Abstract: A parallelepipedal container for displaying and affording access to pencils, cards, diskettes and the like has box-like complementary upper and lower members and extended arms of the upper member which have pins engaging in slots in side walls of the lower member so that a linear displacement of the upper member only is permissible through a distance equal in distance to the difference in height of the front and rear walls of the lower member before the upper member can be pivoted rearwardly to form a stand for the container.