Patent Application
20160290641
The disclosure relates to lighter devices and more particularly pertains to a new lighter device for un-plugging a plugged smoking pipe.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a lighter. A poking unit is attached to the lighter and the poking unit is selectively extendable from the lighter. Thus, the poking unit may unplug a clogged smoking pipe. An illuminating unit is attached to the lighter. The illuminating unit selectively emits light when the poking unit is extended from the lighter to illuminate the smoking pipe.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A poking unit 32 is attached to the lighter 12 and the poking unit 32 is selectively extendable from the lighter 12. Thus, the poking unit 32 may unplug a clogged smoking pipe 34. The poking unit 32 comprises a rod 36 that has a first end 38 and a second end 41. The rod 36 is slidably positioned within the slide space 28 and the rod 36 is aligned with the slot 30. The rod 36 is positionable in a stored position having the rod 36 being contained within the slide space 28. The rod 36 is positionable in a deployed position having the rod 36 extending outwardly from the bottom end 18 of the reservoir portion 16. The first end 38 tapers to a point and the first end 38 of the rod 36 may be inserted into the smoking pipe 34 when the rod 36 is positioned in the deployed position. Thus, the rod 36 may unplug the smoking pipe 34 when the smoking pipe 34 becomes plugged.
A button 40 is attached to the rod 36 and the button 40 is positioned proximate the second end 41 of the rod 36. The button 40 extends outwardly from the slot 30 in the reservoir portion 16 such that the button 40 may be engaged by a user 39 thereby facilitating the rod 36 to be positioned between the stored position and the deployed position. A gasket 42 is attached to the reservoir portion 16 and the gasket 42 is positioned within the slot 30. The gasket 42 allows the button 40 to slide along the slot 30 and the gasket 42 may prevent material from entering the slide space 28.
An illuminating unit 44 is attached to the lighter 12 and the illuminating unit 44 selectively emitting light when the poking unit 32 is extended from the lighter 12. The illuminating unit 44 comprises a light emitter 46 that is coupled to the bottom end 18 of the reservoir portion 16. The light emitter 46 is positioned adjacent to the front side 24 of the peripheral wall 20 and the light emitter 46 selectively emits light. The light emitter 46 may comprise an LED or the like.
A switch 48 is positioned within the slide space 28 and the switch 48 is positioned proximate the light emitter 46. The switch 48 is electrically coupled to the light emitter 46. A power supply 50 is attached to the rod 36 and the power supply 50 is positioned proximate the second end 41 of the rod 36. The power supply 50 engages the switch 48 when the rod 36 is positioned in the deployed position. Thus, the power supply 50 is placed in electrical communication with the light emitter 46 thereby facilitating the light emitter 46 to be actuated. The light emitter 46 illuminates the smoking pipe 34. The power supply 50 is spaced from the switch 48 when the rod 36 is positioned in the stored position thereby facilitating the light emitter 46 to be de-actuated. The power supply 50 comprises at least one battery 52.
In use, the lighter 12 is utilized in the convention of smoking tobacco or the like. The button 40 is slid downwardly on the lighter 12 to position the rod 36 in the deployed position when the smoking pipe 34 becomes plugged. The light emitter 46 is actuated to illuminate the smoking pipe 34 and the first end 38 of the rod 36 is inserted into the smoking pipe 34 to un-plug the smoking pipe 34. The button 40 is slid upwardly on the lighter 12 to position the rod 36 in the stored position and to de-actuate the light emitter 46.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
