Patent ID: 7591645

Claim:
A child resistant roll-and-press lighter comprising: a lighter body containing a reservoir of fuel; a burner nozzle; a valve for releasing fuel from said reservoir to said burner nozzle; at least one abutment surface; a lever operable to open said valve and having at least one counterabutment surface and a pad for receiving a user's digit; a rotatable wheel assembly including a sparkwheel and at least one thumbwheel, said sparkwheel cooperating with a flint for igniting released fuel; biasing means which urges said at least one abutment surface and said at least one counterabutment surface into engagement whenever the user's digit being removed from said pad; and, at least one engaging element having one of said at least one abutment surfaces and said at least one counterabutment surfaces formed thereon; wherein said at least one engaging element acts in tension when the user's digit engages said pad so as to prevent depression of said pad and thereby to prevent release of said fuel from said reservoir when said at least one abutment surface and said at least one counterabutment surface are engaged with each other; and, wherein said at least one abutment surface and said at least one counterabutment surface being normally engaged with each other so as to prevent depression of said pad by application thereto of less than a predetermined force, and said at least one abutment surface and said at least one counterabutment surface being arranged so as to disengage from each other and so permit depression of said pad only when at least said predetermined force is applied to said pad by the user.