Patent ID: 6299434
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
A lighter having a child-resistant mechanism, a lighter housing, which includes two protruding arms, a fuel reservoir, a piezoelectric unit, a fuel-discharge valve, and a fuel-release lever, the piezoelectric unit includes a housing and a sliding section, the fuel-release lever has a first and a second end, the first end of the fuel-release lever engages the fuel-discharge valve; the child-resistant mechanism comprising:a safety button for operating the fuel-release lever, the safety button having a contact surface, the contact surface having an aperture;an ignition button for activating the piezoelectric unit, the ignition button being located in the aperture of the contact surface of the safety button wherein the ignition button must be depressed below the contact surface of the safety button to activate the piezoelectric unit; anda stopper, projecting inward from the lighter housing, for limiting downward movement of the safety button, the safety button may be depressed until it engages the stopper thereby preventing the safety button from activating the piezoelectric unit.