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A combined fluid storage container and applicator device comprising a sheet-like impermeable material having overlying symmetrical or asymmetrical portions with a fold line and a temporary seal around the remaining periphery of the device forming a cavity for an inviscid fluid, a pad within the cavi

A combined fluid storage container and applicator device comprising a sheet-like impermeable material having overlying symmetrical or asymmetrical portions with a fold line and a temporary seal around the remaining periphery of the device forming a cavity for an inviscid fluid, a pad within the cavity and adhered to the sheet, and a separation mechanism for simultaneously applying continuous separating force in multiple directions to open the cavity and expose the pad. Methods of using and making the device are also disclosed.

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A combined fluid storage container and applicator device for relatively inviscid fluids, said device comprising a sheet-like fluid impermeable material having opposed portions positioned in generally flat parallel overlying relation to each other whose inside surfaces are substantially in a plane, a

A combined fluid storage container and applicator device for relatively inviscid fluids, said device comprising a sheet-like fluid impermeable material having opposed portions positioned in generally flat parallel overlying relation to each other whose inside surfaces are substantially in a plane, a pair of respective edges of said opposed portions being securely joined along an effective fold line as an effectively single integral sheet of said opposed portions, temporary fluid impermeable seal means sealing said opposed portions to each other along a temporary seal line beginnning and ending at said fold line forming a cavity and enclosing fluid between said opposed portions and within said temporary seal line and said fold line, separation means for applying simultaneously and continuously in at least two opposing directions continuous separating manual resultant forces substantially transverse to said plane and at an angle that is no greater than substantially perpendicular as measured from the edges opposite to the fold line, to peel open said temporary seal means along at least a part of the length of said seal line to form a flat surface covered with the fluid while the integrity of said sheet is maintained. A method of using an inviscid fluid applying health care device in which containment means for containing fluid material is attached as an integral device to a fluid impermeable means having a fold line defining a handle when the containmant means is opened and that is temporarily sealed by the inner border of a temporary fluid impermeable seal zone beginning and ending at the fold line and is spaced inwardly from the periphery of said device to form a fluid tight chamber for such fluid contained by such containmant means, comprising grasping the unsealed edges of the device using the distal ends of the fingers and thumbs and applying simultaneous, opposing and generally perpendicular resultant forces substantially perpendicular to the plane as measured from the edges opposite to the fold line to each side of the device and to peel the device open and expose such containment means without separating the device into multiple parts, grasping the handle with distal end of a thumb and a finger of the same hand, and applying such fluid from such containment means. A method of using a fluid applying health care device in which containmant means for containing fluid material is sealed to form a fluid tight chamber containing such fluid, such device having a fold line and temporary seal zone proximate to the periphery of such containment means with a fluid impermeable seal at least at the peripherally inward portion of such seal zone, comprising using manual digits manipulating such device to open such chamber by applying simultaneous, opposing and generally perpendicularly directed resultant forces as measured from the edges opposite to the fold line to each side of the device rapidly to peel open the same and to expose such fluid, and applying such fluid from such containment means, said applying comprising holding the device proximate opposing peripheral edges including such seal zone thereof using only the distal parts of the fingers and the thumbs without touching such fluid during such wiping. A method of making a fluid storage and applicator device comprising adhering an absorbent pad to at least one surface of sheet-like fluid impermeable material, positioning two opposed flat portions of such sheet-like fluid impermeable material in generally flat parallel overlying relation to each other with their inside surfaces being substantially in a plane, and sealing such portion to each other by separable peripheral temporary fluid impermeable seal lines which begin and end at a fold line itself comprising a peripheral seal zone at at least one border of the two flat portions of sheet-like impermeable material such that a continuation of simultaneous separating resultant forces substantially transverse to said plane and at angle that is no greater than a perpendicular to said plane as measured from the edges opposite to the fold line, used to peel the temporary seal lines separates the two portions of the flat sheet-like impermeable material, the fold line further providing a handle comprising a pair of opposing graspable flaps when the device is opened.