Sealed package of swab or applicator stick and medicinal material to be applied thereby

A combination medicinal applicator and sealed package assembly therefor comprising:

• at least one applicator element having a liquid absorbent applicator head portion for applying a medicinal material and an elongated handle portion for handling the same;
• a sealed package enclosing said at least one applicator element comprising an initially open top tray-like body made of rigid material and initially having an opening in the top thereof through which the applicator element can pass into and from the body, said body having a rigid peripheral ledge extending around the same, said body having in the bottom thereof an applicator head-receiving well into which the head portion of said applicator element extends and support means above the bottom of said body tray and below said ledge inclined upwardly from said well upon which the handle portion of said applicator element is supported an end portion of said handle being adjacent a finger-receiving well so that the handle can be readily grasped, said wells being unsealed from each other, a medicinal material wetting at least part of the head portion of said applicator element to a point where it is not super-saturated so the well is free of any flowable body of such material;
• and a manually removable cover-forming means comprising a sheet of flexible material sealed along said peripheral ledge, and enclosing the open top of said body to provide a gas and liquid tight seal with said body so the applicator element is sealed from the exterior of the package;
• said head portion of the applicator element being spaced from said cover sheet in said well when said tray-like body is upright so a downward force on said cover sheet is not applied to said head portion of said applicator element and said applicator head portion is also protected from an external force by the rigid walls of the tray-like body when the body is inverted.