Cigarette and cigar lighter

Abstract

A lighting device for cigarettes and cigars having an upright elongate body, a lid openable approximately ninety angular degrees from the body, a nozzle for producing a flame and directing the flame from the body at an angled direction between the body and the lid. The proximity of the flame base to the lid protects the flame from being inadvertently extinguished, while the distance of the flame tip from the lid allows the lighting of large diameter cigars and avoids overheating of the lid.

1 . A lighting device for cigarettes and cigars comprising:
 a housing encasing fuel, an igniter for causing said fuel into a flame, and a nozzle for directing said flame;   a lid attached to said housing and pivotable relative thereto between a closed position at a first angle relative to said housing and covering said nozzle, and an open position at a second angle relative to said housing and exposing said nozzle;   wherein said nozzle directs said flame at a third angle between said first and second angles.   
   
   
       2 . The lighting device of  claim 1  wherein said first and second angles are separated by approximately ninety angular degrees. 
   
   
       3 . The lighting device of  claim 2  wherein said third angle is between twenty and seventy angular degrees from said first angle. 
   
   
       4 . The lighting device of  claim 3  wherein said third angle is between thirty and sixty angular degrees from said first angle. 
   
   
       5 . The lighting device of  claim 4  wherein said third angle is approximately forty-five angular degrees from said first angle. 
   
   
       6 . The lighting device of  claim 5  wherein said housing comprises an elongate rectilinear housing having an upper end, and said nozzle is disposed at and directs said flame from said upper end. 
   
   
       7 . The lighting device of  claim 6  wherein said lid is pivotally affixed to said housing at a hinge disposed at said upper end. 
   
   
       8 . The lighting device of  claim 7  wherein said lid is disposed substantially parallel to said upper end during said closed position and substantially perpendicular to said upper end during said open position. 
   
   
       9 . The lighting device of  claim 8  wherein said lid is disposed substantially upright during said open position, when said elongate rectilinear housing is disposed substantially upright. 
   
   
       10 . A lighting device for cigarettes and cigars comprising:
 an upright elongate body; and   a flame exiting said body at a direction between zero and ninety angular degrees from upright.   
   
   
       11 . The lighting device of  claim 10  wherein said body has an upper end and said flame exits said body from said upper end. 
   
   
       12 . The lighting device of  claim 11  further comprising a lid hingedly attached to said body at said upper end. 
   
   
       13 . The lighting device of  claim 12  wherein said lid is pivotable relative to said body between a closed position covering said upper end and denying exit of said flame therefrom and an open position exposing said upper end and allowing exit of said flame therefrom. 
   
   
       14 . The lighting device of  claim 13  wherein said lid is substantially disposed in a direction approximately ninety angular degrees from upright during said closed position, and is substantially disposed in a direction approximately zero angular degrees from upright during said open position. 
   
   
       15 . The lighting device of  claim 14  wherein said flame exits said body in a direction substantially bisecting said upper end and lid when said lid is in said open position. 
   
   
       16 . A lighter comprising:
 a body producing a flame, said flame comprising a flame base adjacent said body and a flame tip at the distal end of said flame; and   a sheltering lid attached to said body; wherein   said flame base is substantially nearer to said lid than said flame tip is to said lid.   
   
   
       17 . The lighter of  claim 16  wherein said flame base is less than seven-eighths of an inch from said lid, and said flame tip is more than seven-eighths of an inch from said lid. 
   
   
       18 . The lighter of  claim 17  wherein said flame base is approximately three-quarters of an inch from said lid, and said flame tip is approximately one inch from said lid.