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A card-like apparatus may be used as a card, a bow, a decoration, or other item, and is preferably made from a single sheet having an interior central region in the shape of a regular polygon defined by fold lines between the central region and a plurality of extremity panels. The panels fold across

A card-like apparatus may be used as a card, a bow, a decoration, or other item, and is preferably made from a single sheet having an interior central region in the shape of a regular polygon defined by fold lines between the central region and a plurality of extremity panels. The panels fold across and beyond the central region, forming an outer perimeter that represents a flower, plant, holiday novelty, animal, person, or other object or living thing. Decoration such as paint, print, artwork, or a portion of a picture may be added to the panels so that the folded panels further represent the object or living thing. Methods have been developed to dissect a whole picture and then to lay or copy sectors of the picture onto distal portions of the panels, so that upon folding of the panels, the distal portions are visible, over and beyond the central region, in positions wherein the picture comes together again as a whole.

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I claimed: 1. A folded card comprising a sheet, wherein the sheet has a central region with a perimeter and a plurality of panels each extending from a portion of the perimeter, the panels being folded over the central region and meeting at a contact area over the central region, and said panels ex

I claimed: 1. A folded card comprising a sheet, wherein the sheet has a central region with a perimeter and a plurality of panels each extending from a portion of the perimeter, the panels being folded over the central region and meeting at a contact area over the central region, and said panels extending from the contact area past another portion of the perimeter to extend beyond the central region, so that substantially all of the central region is covered by the panels; wherein only a single fold is between said central region and each of said panels; and wherein the folded panels have distal edges that are irregular. 2. A folded card as in claim 1, wherein at least some of the folded panels have distal edges that together represent an item selected from the group consisting of an object, an animal, a plant, a flower, a person, and a caricature of an animal or person. 3. A folded card as in claim 1, wherein at least some of the folded panels have decoration on outer visible surfaces that together represent an item selected from the group consisting of an object, an animal, a plant, a flower, a person, and a caricature of an animal or person. 4. A folded card as in claim 1, wherein the card has no vertical walls between the central region and the panels. 5. A folded card comprising a sheet, wherein the sheet has a central region with a perimeter and a plurality of panels each extending from a portion of the perimeter, the panels being folded over the central region and meeting at a contact area over the central region, and said panels extending from the contact area past another portion of the perimeter to extend beyond the central region, so that substantially all of the central region is covered by the panels; wherein only a single fold is between said central region and each of said panels; and wherein the folded panels have distal edges that are non-straight and also not curved on a single radius. 6. A folded card as in claim 5, wherein at least some of the folded panels have distal edges that together represent an item selected from the group consisting of an object, an animal, a plant, a flower, a person, and a caricature of an animal or person. 7. A folded card as in claim 5 wherein at least some of the folded panels have decoration on outer visible surfaces that together represent an item selected from the group consisting of an object, an animal, a plant, a flower, a person, and a caricature of an animal or person. 8. A folded card as in claim 5, wherein the card has no vertical walls between the central region and the panels. 9. A folded card comprising a sheet, wherein the sheet has a central region with a perimeter and a plurality of panels each extending from a portion of the perimeter, the panels being folded over the central region and meeting at a contact area over the central region, and said panels extending from the contact area past another portion of the perimeter to extend beyond the central region, so that substantially all of the central region is covered by the panels; wherein only a single fold is between said central region and each of said panels; and wherein the folded panels extend beyond the central region, all around the central region, a distance equal to at least ⅓ of the average dimension across the central region and passing through a center of the central region. 10. A folded card comprising a sheet, wherein the sheet has a central region with a perimeter and a plurality of panels each extending from a portion of the perimeter, the panels being folded over the central region and meeting at a contact area over the central region, and said panels extending from the contact area past another portion of the perimeter to extend beyond the central region, so that substantially all of the central region is covered by the panels; wherein only a single fold is between said central region and each of said panels; and wherein the central region is a pentagon. 11. A folded card comprising a sheet, wherein the sheet has a central region with a perimeter and a plurality of panels each extending from a portion of the perimeter, the panels being folded over the central region and meeting at a contact area over the central region, and said panels extending from the contact area past another portion of the perimeter to extend beyond the central region. so that substantially all of the central region is covered by the panels; wherein only a single fold is between said central region and each of said panels; and wherein the panels each have a radial dimension and a decoration portion that is visible when the panels are folded, and each of said decoration portions has a radial length and is positioned on its respective panel so that radial length is at an angle in the range of 30 degrees to 150 degrees from the radial dimension of the panel. 12. A folded card as in claim 11 wherein: said central region lies on a central region plane; each of said panels extends beyond the central region by crossing over a first and a second foldline plane, wherein said first and second foidline planes are perpendicular to the central region plane and pass, respectively, through the single fold of an immediately adjacent panel and through the single fold of a panel that is two panels away. 13. A folding card comprising: an interior central region in the shape of a regular polygon defined by fold lines and lying on a central region plane; a plurality of panels; a single fold line between each of the panels and the interior central region; wherein each panel has a radial dimension and has a distal portion extending at an angle to the radial dimension, so that, when the folding card is folded along each of the fold lines between said panels and the interior central region, each distal portion: crosses a first foldline plane and a second foidline plane, said first foldline plane passing through a first one of said single fold lines immediately adjacent to the panel and being perpendicular to said central region plane, and said second foldline plane passing through a second one of said single fold lines two panels away; and each distal portion does not cross a third foldline plane, said third foldline plane passing through a third one of said single fold lines that is immediately adjacent on a side of the panel opposite to said first one of said single fold lines and being perpendicular to said central region plane. 14. The folding card of claim 13 wherein the interior central region is in the shape of a pentagon and the plurality of panels consist of five panels. 15. The folding card of claim 14 wherein the five panels are shaped to completely cover the interior central region when the folding card is folded along each of the fold lines between said panels and the interior central region. 16. The folding card of claim 15 wherein the five panels are shaped so that the folding card is flat when the folding card is folded along each of said single fold lines between said panels and the interior central region. 17. The folding card of claim 14 wherein the five panels are shaped so that each of the panels lays across approximately one-fifth of the interior central region. 18. A folding card as in claim 13, wherein the panels each have a radial dimension and a decoration portion that is visible when the panels are folded, and each of said decoration portions has a radial length and is positioned on its respective panel so that radial length is at an angle in the range of 30 degrees to 110 degrees from a radial dimension of the panel. 19. The folding card of claim 13 wherein the folding card consists only of said interior central region and the plurality of panels. 20. A folding card comprising: an interior central region in the shape of a regular polygon defined by fold lines; a panel extending from each of the fold lines; wherein the plurality of panels are shaped so that the panels will cover up the entire interior central region and each of the plurality of panels will extend across and beyond the interior central region when the folding card is folded along said fold lines; and wherein each of the panels extends away from its respective fold line a distance greater than a greatest dimension across the interior central region; wherein the panels comprise ornamental designs that form a single image when the sheet is folded. 21. The folding card of claim 20 wherein the regular polygon is a pentagon. 22. The folding card of claim 20 wherein the manufacture is flat when the manufacture is folded along the fold lines from which the panels extend.