Patent ID: 7147463
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
1. A lighter comprising: a housing; an interior plate positioned internally within the housing and defining an ignition cavity and a trigger cavity; a trigger enclosure, comprising a first wall positioned in the housing adjacent to the interior plate and a second wall having an extension extending beyond an external face of the housing; a trigger slideably mounted on the housing and including a lever pivotably mounted on the trigger; a first spring, coupling the trigger to the lever, the spring for urging the lever to a position flush with a top face of the extension and defining a pivot point for the lever; a slot, extending through the interior plate and the first wall of the trigger enclosure; and a latch, aligned with the slot and extending into the trigger enclosure, the latch extending through the interior plate of the lighter when the lighter is in the first, locked position; the lever having a first, locked position for locking the lighter, wherein the lever is biased against an upper surface of the trigger, and a second position for permitting use of the lighter, wherein when the lever is pivoted upwardly from the upper surface of the trigger, the trigger can be moved downwardly from a first non-actuated position to a second, actuated position.