Dispensing package

Abstract

A package for carrying and dispensing contents through at least one metered opening includes a plastic backing having a first elastic limit and a shear modulus sufficient to maintain the package in a substantially flat configuration; a first score extending at least partially into the first side of the plastic backing; a coating formed on a second side of the plastic backing having a second elastic limit that is greater than the first elastic limit; a pouch formed on the second side of the plastic backing that is adapted to carry the contents of the package. Flexure of the plastic backing by a first amount is sufficient to cause the plastic backing to exceed the first elastic limit and break along the first score while flexure to a folded position is insufficient to cause the coating to exceed the second elastic limit.

1 . A package for carrying and dispensing contents through at least one metered opening comprising:
 a plastic backing having a first elastic limit and a shear modulus sufficient to maintain the package in a substantially flat configuration;   a label attached to a first side of the plastic backing;   a first score formed through the label and extending at least partially into the first side of the plastic backing;   a coating formed on a second side of the plastic backing having a second elastic limit that is greater than the first elastic limit;   a pouch formed on the second side of the plastic backing that is adapted to carry the contents of the package; and   at least one second score extending from an interior portion of the pouch and at least partially into the second side of the plastic backing, the at least one second score substantially aligned with the first score on the plastic backing so that flexure of the plastic backing by a first amount is sufficient to cause the plastic backing to exceed the first elastic limit and break along the first score while flexure to a folded position is insufficient to cause the coating to exceed the second elastic limit.