Three-dimensional greeting card

Claim 1

An information carrying toy device comprising a body member shaped to simulate at least a portion of an animated creature including a double layered first section in the form of an envelope having two panels of a soft flexible fabric web, the two panels being secured together around their periphery, which is shaped to define the animated creature, and containing a soft compressible filler of such form and size to resiliently space the panels apart a maximum distance small compared to the longitudinal dimension of the first section in order to provide a dimension of thickness to the first section, a second flap section of soft flexible fabric web joined to said first section at least along a seam providing a hinge, said first and second sections having surfaces which are in overlying confronting relationships in a closed position, representation of features simulating animation, including at least one eye, being applied to visible parts of the sections when the flap is closed on the side of the first section to which the second is attached, such that the toy has an enhanced appearance of an animated creature, at least in the closed flap position, and an information display carried on at least one of the confronting faces, whereby using the seam as a hinge the second section may be moved relative to the first section about the hinge to an open position so as to expose the information display to view.