Patent ID: 7458741

Claim:
A dispensing and application apparatus wherein the apparatus is designed to contain a flowable substance, comprising: first and second compartments; first and second frangible seals; at least one sheet divided by at least one seal to form said first and second compartments; an applicator having a periphery and being joined to the at least one sheet with at least one applicator bond; an expansible chamber being formed by the at least one sheet, and the applicator, and bounded in part by the applicator, the at least one applicator bond, and the second frangible seal such that the expansible chamber absorbs a portion of the kinetic energy of the flowable substance after it breaks through the second frangible seal; wherein said first frangible seal separates said first and second compartments and said second frangible seal separates said second compartment and said expansible chamber; and, wherein said first frangible seal further includes a first stress riser oriented in the direction of the first compartment and is designed to break when exposed to a first predetermined pressure internal to the compartment, created by externally pinching the first compartment, where the first frangible seal peels apart in such a manner that no portion of the frangible seal separates from the at least one sheet and becomes entrained in the flowable substance, thereby creating a channel permitting fluid communication between said first compartment and said second compartment and said second frangible seal further includes a second stress riser oriented in the direction of the second compartment and is designed to break when exposed to a second predetermined pressure, internal to the compartment, created by externally pinching the second compartment, where the second frangible seal peels apart in such a manner that no portion of the frangible seal separates from the at least one sheet and becomes entrained in the flowable substance, thereby creating a channel permitting fluid communication between at least said second compartment, said chamber and said applicator.