Patent ID: 7497683

Claim:
A two-way tool for holding a match for lighting a candlewick of a candle and for extinguishing the flame of the candlewick of the candle, comprising: an elongated arcuate hollow tubular member; the tubular member further defined by a candle snuffing portion, a bight portion, and a rectilinear candle lighting portion; the candle lighting portion terminating in a match holding and releasing end; a cone-shaped reducing member mounted to and in axial alignment with the candle snuffing portion and having a diameter greater than the diameter of the candle snuffing portion, the cone-shaped reducing member for placement over the lighted candlewick to extinguish the flame of the candlewick; a secondary jaw integrally formed at the match holding and releasing end of the candle lighting portion; the secondary jaw including an arcuate mouth, and the mouth including a frontal semi-circular notch, and a pair of opposed semi-circular side notches; a collar including a lower bracket mounted to the candle light portion adjacent the secondary jaw and an upper bracket with the upper bracket pivotally mounted to the lower bracket; a primary jaw mounted to the upper bracket for pivotal movement thereon so that the primary jaw can be pivotally closed upon the secondary jaw and pivoted upwardly from the secondary jaw for opening the primary jaw; the primary jaw including a primary jaw mouth, and the primary jaw mouth including a frontal semi-circular recess and a pair of opposed semi-circular side recesses; the recesses of the primary jaw being brought in alignment with the notches of the secondary jaw when the primary jaw is closed upon the secondary jaw; a return and release spring mounted to the candle lighting portion of the tubular member adjacent the collar and engaging the primary jaw so that depressing the spring causes the primary jaw to pivot away from the secondary jaw thereby opening the primary jaw and releasing of the spring causes the primary jaw to pivot toward the secondary jaw resulting in the closing of the primary jaw upon the secondary jaw; and whereupon the match can be held within any of the respectively aligned notches and recesses of the secondary jaw and primary jaw by the closure of the primary jaw upon the secondary jaw so that the candlewick can be lit by the match from an orientation that is straight on to the candlewick and from an orientation that is at 90 degrees to the candlewick, and then after lighting the candlewick the match can be released for disposal by depressing the release and return spring for pivoting and opening the primary jaw resulting in the release of the match.