CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR BEVERAGE CANS

The invention relates to a closure system for a beverage container, particularly a beverage can, having a lid (1) with a top and a bottom, wherein the lid has a drinking opening (4), a closure element (20) for sealing the drinking opening, and an operating element (8) for manually opening the drinking opening by a user, wherein the closure element is positioned on the bottom of the lid and is fixedly connected to the operating element on the top of the lid, the closure element for sealing the drinking opening is designed to cover the drinking opening in a closure position, and the operating element and the closure element are movably arranged along a first axis, which extends substantially parallel to the top of the lid, wherein moving the operating element in a first direction along the first axis causes the closure element to move out of the closure position and the drinking opening to open, and moving the operating element in a second direction, opposite the first direction, along the first axis causes the