Patent ID: 8211144

Claim:
A pacifier with a shield and a teat element, wherein the teat element includes a shaft adjacent to the shield, wherein a teat member adjoins the shaft in its end section which faces away from the shield wherein a convex teat body is provided as teat member which is substantially closed-walled and forms a cavity, such that the contour of the teat element starting from the shaft has a club-shape which corresponds substantially to known hollow-body teats, wherein the shaft is designed to be substantially plate-shaped with a first larger extension in the direction of a first cross-sectional axis and a second shorter extension in the direction of a second cross-sectional axis and wherein the shaft is solid in cross-section in a region of contact with a jaw and/or teeth except for a ventilation channel, wherein a wall thickness of the shaft in the direction of the first cross-sectional axis of the shaft is larger than a wall thickness of the shaft in the direction of the second cross-sectional axis of the shaft, wherein the ventilation channel adjoins the cavity via a first, larger stepped reduction in cross-section in the direction of the first cross-sectional axis of the shaft and via a second smaller stepped reduction in cross-section in the direction of the second cross-sectional axis of the shaft, respectively, and wherein the ventilation channel extends in the plate-shaped shaft from the cavity of the closed-walled teat body to an outer side of the shield.