Patent ID: 7387510

Claim:
A lighter, comprising: a lighter casing having a gas liquefied storage and comprising a top supporting frame; a gas valve received in said lighter casing and communicating with said liquefied gas storage for controlling a flow of gas therefrom; a piezoelectric unit, which is disposed in said lighter casing for generating piezoelectricity, comprising a movable operating part extended upwardly and an ignition tip arranged when said movable operating part is depressed downwardly, sparks are generated from said ignition tip; an ignition button slidably mounted to said top supporting frame of said lighter casing to depress said movable operating part of said piezoelectric unit and to release said gas from said liquefied gas storage at the same time; and a pivot nozzle, which comprises: a nozzle housing pivotally mounted at the top supporting frame of said lighter casing; a gas nozzle substantially supported in said nozzle housing in a stationary manner, wherein said ignition tip of said piezoelectric unit is extended to a position close to said gas nozzle; and a retention skeleton having a predetermine flexibility is extended from said gas valve to said gas nozzle for guiding said gas emitting from said liquefied gas storage to said gas nozzle, wherein said nozzle housing is pivotally folded with respect to said lighter casing to selectively adjust a tilt angle of said gas nozzle while said retention skeleton retains said gas flowing towards said gas nozzle such that when said ignition button is depressed to depress said movable operating part of said piezoelectric unit and to release said gas at said gas valve at the same time, said gas is emitted at said gas nozzle through said retention skeleton and is ignited by said sparks at the ignition tip of said piezoelectric unit, wherein said nozzle housing comprises a tubular shelter, a nozzle platform, which is securely supported in said tubular shelter to substantially mount said gas nozzle within said tubular shelter in a stationary manner, pivotally mounted at said top supporting frame of said lighter casing, such that when said tubular shelter is pivotally moved with respect to said lighter casing, said gas nozzle is retained within said tubular shelter in position, wherein said nozzle platform comprises a nozzle seat securely mounted to said gas nozzle to retain said gas nozzle in position and two pivot shafts outwardly extended to pivotally mount to two sidewalls of said top supporting frame respectively so as to pivotally mount said gas nozzle to said lighter casing.