Patent ID: 7878353

Claim:
An opening device for a sealed package containing a pourable food product and having at least one removable portion, said opening device comprising: a frame defining a pour opening and having a fastening portion fixable to said package about said removable portion; a cap fitted to said frame and comprising a closing portion closing said pour opening, the cap being removable from the frame to separate the closing portion from the pour opening to permit pour-out of the food product; the cap comprising at least two straight tabs extending from the closing portion and projecting through the pour opening, each of the at least two straight tabs possessing a free end opposite the closing portion; and an anchoring portion, which engages said pour opening, is fixable directly to said removable portion, and is removable from the pour opening to at least partly detach said removable portion from said package; wherein said anchoring portion is connected integrally to said frame by breakable connecting means, and is connected to said cap by virtue of the free ends of the at least two straight tabs being connected to the anchoring portion so as to move together with the cap when removing the cap from said frame.