Patent ID: 6722877
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
A utility lighter comprising:a housing; a spark generator operable to generate a spark generally adjacent an exit opening of the housing; a trigger movable relative to the housing between an inoperative position and an operative position, movement of the trigger to its operative position in a normal mode of operation of the lighter operating the spark generator to generate a spark; and a disabling mechanism positionable in a first position corresponding to a disabled mode of operation of the lighter and a second position corresponding to the normal mode of operation of the lighter, said trigger being movable between its inoperative and operative positions in both the disabled mode and the normal mode of the lighter, in the disabled mode of the lighter said disabling mechanism being adapted to disable the trigger from operating the spark generator in the operative position of the trigger, the disabling mechanism comprising a control accessible exterior of the housing and located remote from the trigger for manually positioning the disabling mechanism in at least one of its first and second positions.