Patent ID: 9017066
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: F23D,F23Q

Abstract:
1. A lighter, comprising: a housing having a supply of fuel; an ignition mechanism for igniting fuel from the supply of fuel; an activating unit movably associated with the housing to selectively ignite the fuel upon application of an activating force to the activating unit; and at least two separate contact areas exposed through separate openings in the housing to allow a user to use at least two fingers to apply forces to the contact areas which combined are greater than or equal to the activating force, wherein each of the at least two separate contact areas is operatively associated with the ignition mechanism such that force applied to either of the at least two separate contact areas activates the ignition mechanism and releases fuel from the supply of fuel such that released fuel is ignited by the ignition mechanism when activated and the fuel is selectively ignitable by applying the activating force through a first contact area of said at least two separate contact areas alone, by applying the activating force through a second contact area of said at least two contact areas alone, and by applying the activating force through a combination of the first contact area and the second contact area, and wherein the separate openings are spaced apart.