Patent ID: 8550270

Claim:
A closure device for a container with a base element which can be fixed on an opening of the container and which has a dispensing opening, and with a lid which can be moved back and forth between a completely closed and a completely open position, characterised in that the closure device is constructed in such a manner that the lid has at least one defined intermediate position between the completely closed and the completely open position, wherein the intermediate position of the lid is defined by a location of the lid outwardly relative to the base element compared with the location of the lid relative to the base element when the lid is in the completely closed position, and wherein the closure device has at least one degassing channel, which is closed in the completely closed position of the lid and which, in the defined intermediate position of the lid, enables a pressure compensation between a side of the closure device which is to be brought to face an interior of the container and the ambient exterior environment, the closure device further characterised in that it comprises a stop device which is constructed in such a manner that during the movement of the lid from the completely closed position into the completely open position, a movement direction for opening the lid must be changed at least partially in order to move the lid beyond the defined intermediate position.