Abstract: A utility lighter with improved child safety device, having a handle portion and a nozzle portion, a fuel tank contained in the handle portion for supplying fuel, a valve assembly contained in the handle portion and connected to the fuel tank for controlling the supply of the fuel, and a trigger movably mounted to the handle portion for actuating upon the valve assembly such that when the trigger is actuated, the valve assembly is opened to release fuel from the fuel tank to an outlet port of the nozzle portion.

Abstract: A safety lighter with a safety strike wheel assembly including a center strike wheel, two side turning wheels which are fixedly mounted with the center strike wheel, and two driving wheels which are respectively and loosely mounted to the two side turning wheels. Each side turning wheel has an external toothed surface adapted to be inserted into the strike wheel to secure the two turning wheels to the strike wheel. To operate the safety lighter, a user must press on the driving wheels to have them frictional engage with the two side turning wheels to turn the strike wheel to create a spark.