Abstract: A case preferably for a lighter (3), especially of the disposable type, is tubular and at its lower end it comprises a recess (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b), which partly is provided with a gripping part (8) projecting radially inwards and gripping under the free rim (11) of a cap (10) so as to loosen said cap from a bottleneck (12), and partly comprises a counter-holding part (5a, 5b) opposing the gripping part (8) and abutting and pressing on the top side of a cap (10). The case is made of a single sheet member (1) of metal, especially steel. The case (1) is bent substantially symmetrically from the longitudinal central line of the sheet member (1) so as to form two opposing side walls (26, 27), of which the first side wall is continued, whereas the second side wall (27) formed by the outer portion of the sheet member (1) is broken. The rims of the outer portions maintain a narrow slot therebetween, whereby the lighter (3) is retained by the resilience of the metal.