Patent ID: 7762430

Claim:
A closing element for a packaging for receiving liquid or paste-like material, the closing element comprising: a closable spout member; a weld member connected to said closable spout member, the weld member having a longitudinal extension and a width extension, the longitudinal extension being greater than the width extension; and an outlet channel having a central axis, wherein the outlet channel and the central axis extend through said weld member and said spout member, the outlet channel in said weld member having an outlet width being substantially constant and an outlet length that gradually decreases toward the spout member until the outlet length is substantially identical to the diameter of the outlet channel in the spout member, the outlet length being greater than the outlet width in the weld member, wherein the outlet width in the weld member is substantially equal to the outlet width in the spout member; wherein said outlet channel in said weld member extends at least in part in funnel-like manner towards said spout member; wherein said outlet channel in said spout member has a substantially cylindrical shape having a diameter that is substantially constant wherein the diameter corresponds to the constant width of the weld member.