Patent ID: 8162179

Claim:
A package, comprising at least one bag ( 12 , 13 ); a head part ( 16 ) having a bottom part ( 17 , 37 ) for at least partially retaining the at least one bag ( 12 , 13 ) and having a circumferential rim ( 18 , 38 ) that projects axially toward the at least one bag ( 12 , 13 ) for receiving an end portion of the at least one bag ( 12 , 13 ), a recess ( 19 , 39 ), and an outlet opening ( 20 , 40 ); and at least one piercing device ( 21 , 41 ) arranged at the outlet opening ( 20 , 40 ) for opening the at least one bag ( 12 , 13 ), wherein the bottom part ( 17 , 37 ) has an elevation ( 22 , 42 ) that surrounds at least partially an edge region of the recess ( 19 , 39 ), projects axially above the bottom part ( 17 , 37 ), and forms an axial support for the at least one bag ( 12 , 13 ), wherein a minimum axial height (C, N) of the elevation ( 22 , 42 ) corresponds to an axial height (F, P) of the piercing device ( 21 , 41 ), and wherein the elevation ( 22 , 42 ) has a first section ( 23 , 43 ) with a first axial height (C, N), a second section a ( 24 , 44 )with a second axial height (E, O) which is greater than the first axial height (C, N), and a continuous section ( 25 , 45 ) connecting the first and second sections ( 23 , 24 , 43 , 44 ), the first section ( 23 , 43 ) of the elevation ( 22 , 42 ) being provided radially inwardly of the second section ( 24 , 44 ) of the elevation ( 22 , 42 ).