BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the children resistant gas lighter of the invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the children resistant gas lighter of the inventoin shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a side view of a safe cap of the invention shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the safe cap of the invention shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a side view of an ignition sleeve of the invention shown in FIG. 1. And,
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of another preferred embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the children resistant lighter of the invention has a fuel-storage chamber 10 for containing liquefied gaseous fuel, an upliftable gas release nozzle 20 mounted on the fuel-storage chamber 10, a piezoelectric unit 30 securely mounted on the fuel-storage chamber 10 and having a piezoelectric button 31 which when pressed downward, is able to startup the piezoelectric unit 30 to generate sparks for ignition, a pair of pillars 11 securely mounted on the fuel-storage chamber 10, an ignition trigger 40 having an ignition sleeve 41 slidably mounted on the pillars 11 which when pressed down, slidable with respect to the pillars 11 and when released, resumable to its undepressed position, a lever 50 rotatably mounted on the fuel-storage chamber 10 which when the ignition trigger module 40 is pressed down, is able to uplift the gas release nozzle 20 to release the gaseous fuel and at the same time depress the piezoelectric button 31 to startup the piezoelectric unit 30 to generate sparks, and, a flame cover 60 having a top surface 61 and being installed on the fuel-storage chamber 10 and fixed to the pair of pillars 11. The gas release nozzle 20 is so positioned that the gaseous fuel being released is easy able to be ignited by the sparks generated from the piezoelectric unit 30.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a slit 411 is defined in the ignition sleeve 41. the slit 411 has an open end 412 and a close end 413. The ignition trigger 40 further has a safe cap 42 having a press surface 421 and an opposite slide surface 422. The safe cap 42 has a direction bar 423 formed on the slide surface 422 thereof. The direction bar 423 has a first end 424 close to the gas release nozzle 20 and a second end 425 in opposite. The second end 425 of the direction bar 423 is able to be inserted into the open end 412 of slit 411 thus making the direction bar 423 slidable in the slit 411. A pair of stoppers 426 may be formed on the direction bar 421 near the first end 424 thereof which is able to provent falling off of the safe cap 42 with respect to the ignition sleeve 41 when sliding. A pole 427 is formed on the direction bar 42 on which a bias spring 428 is installed. The safe cap 42 also has a shoulder 420 near the first end 424 thereof. In assembly, the second end 425 of the direction bar 423 is first inserted into the open end 412 of slit 411. And then the ignition buttom 41 is inserted into the fuel-storage chamber 10. Then the safe cap 42 is moved by thumb in a direction from the open end 412 of the slit 411 to the close end 413 until the flame cover 60 can be attached to the fuel-storage chamber 10 and the pair of pillars 11. Then the safe cap 42 can be released and it will slide along the slit 411 until the shouder 420 of the safe cap 42 stops just on the top surface 61 of the flame cover 60.
In use, as with reference back to FIG. 1, an action of pressing the safe cap 42 directly downward cannot ignite the lighter because the shoulder 420 of the safe cap 42 is blocked by the top surface 61 of the flame cover 60. In order to ignite the lighter, a user has to move the safe cap 42 against the bias spring 428 by his thumb and then press down the safe cap 42 when the safe cap 42 is no longer blocked by the top surface 61 of the flame cover 60. After ignition, the user may release the safe cap 42. The ignition buttom 41 slides back and the safe cap 42 then resumes its original position before moved under a biasing force from the bias spring 428.
The lighter of the invention may have a housing (not shown in the FIGs.) for containing the fuel-storage chamber 10. As shown in FIGs., the press surface 421 of the safe cap 42 may have a raised wale 429 for antislipping when moved by thumb.
FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the flame cover 60′ has a recess 62′ for receiving the shoulder 420′ of the safe cap 42′, making the top surface 61′ of the flame cover 60′ be at a same level as a top surface of the safe cap 42′.
The embodiments of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.
From above description, it is seen that the objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. Embodiment of the inventioin has been shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structural principles of the present invention and is subject to change without departure from the invention's principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.
Patent Application
20070281261
