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A child resistant lighter comprising a standard piezo-electric lighter construction having a main body, a fuel reservoir, valve release means, and a piezo-electric means, the improvement comprising a child-resistant safety device which includes a safety button which must be moved to an engaged posit

A child resistant lighter comprising a standard piezo-electric lighter construction having a main body, a fuel reservoir, valve release means, and a piezo-electric means, the improvement comprising a child-resistant safety device which includes a safety button which must be moved to an engaged position so that a contacting block will be in place when the operating button is depressed allowing contact and displacement of the release lever which will open the gas valve and allow operation of the lighter.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A child-resistant peizo-electric lighter having a lighter housing defining a reservoir for containing a combustible fuel, a fuel release means in communication with said reservoir, including a valve cooperating with a release lever for selective actuation between a normal

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A child-resistant peizo-electric lighter having a lighter housing defining a reservoir for containing a combustible fuel, a fuel release means in communication with said reservoir, including a valve cooperating with a release lever for selective actuation between a normally closed valve position, which prevents exit of said combustible fuel from said reservoir, and an open position which permits exit of combustible fuel from said reservoir through said valve, said release lever being pivotally mounted so that a first end, opposite to said valve, may be deflected by depression of an operating button, said operating button being slidably mounted to said lighter housing and having an initial position and a depressed position, and positioned so to contact and cause actuation of said release lever and a piezo-electric means for causing a spark, said piezo-electric means mounted to said lighter housing in operational relation with said operating button such that when said operating button is transversed from its initial position to its depressed position said release lever will deflect sufficiently to open said valve and release combustible fuel just prior to said piezo-electric means causing a spark, said piezo-electric means having a cathode and an anode positioned in a spaced relation to facilitate formation of a spark at or near said valve for ignition of said combustible fuel, the improvement comprising:said operating button and said release lever being positioned in a spaced relation such that when said operating button is transversed from its initial position to its depressed position, deflection of said release lever is less than that necessary to open said valve,a safety button slidably mounted on said operating button as to be actuatable by a user and having an initial position and an engaged position, a pathway being defined by translation of said safety button between its initial and engaged positions, said safety button having a contact block depending downward a pre-determined length and shaped and located so that in said initial position said contacting block is positioned so that when said operating button is transversed to its depressed position said contacting block passes by the first end of said release lever so that said release lever remains stationary, and so that said contacting block in said engaged position is positioned so that when said operating button is depressed said contacting block contacts the first end of said release lever causing said release lever to translate with said operating button a distance sufficient to cause opening of said valve.