Combustion – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
2001-03-30
2003-04-08
Clarke, Sara (Department: 3743)
Combustion
Combined
C007S151000, C081S003550
Reexamination Certificate
active
06544030
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to bottle opening devices and more particularly pertains to a new lighter and bottle opener combination for supplying a user of a lighter with a convenient bottle opener.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of bottle opening devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, bottle opening devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,373,223; 4,854,856; 4,642,827; 4,560,344; 4,569,653; and U.S. Des. Patent No. 374,740.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new lighter and bottle opener combination. The inventive device includes a housing having a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The housing has a chamber therein. A fuel is located in the chamber. A lighting assembly for igniting the fuel and producing a flame is in communication with the chamber. The lighting assembly is attached to the second end of the housing. The first end of the housing has an arcuate slot therein defining a bottle cap engaging portion of the housing. The slot may be positioned against a bottle and the housing biased against a bottle cap on the bottle such that the bottle cap is removed from the bottle.
In these respects, the lighter and bottle opener combination according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of supplying a user of a lighter with a convenient bottle opener.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of bottle opening devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new lighter and bottle opener combination construction wherein the same can be utilized for supplying a user of a lighter with a convenient bottle opener.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bottle opening devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new lighter and bottle opener combination which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bottle opening devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The housing has a chamber therein. A fuel is located in the chamber. A lighting assembly for igniting the fuel and producing a flame is in communication with the chamber. The lighting assembly is attached to the second end of the housing. The first end of the housing has an arcuate slot therein defining a bottle cap engaging portion of the housing. The slot may be positioned against a bottle and the housing biased against a bottle cap on the bottle such that the bottle cap is removed from the bottle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention 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 invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bottle opening devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new lighter and bottle opener combination which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bottle opening devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such lighter and bottle opener combination economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination for supplying a user of a lighter with a convenient bottle opener.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination which includes a housing having a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The housing has a chamber therein. A fuel is located in the chamber. A lighting assembly for igniting the fuel and producing a flame is in communication with the chamber. The lighting assembly is attached to the second end of the housing. The first end of the housing has an arcuate slot therein defining a bottle cap engaging portion of the housing. The slot may be positioned against a bottle and the housing biased against a bottle cap on the bottle such that the bottle cap is removed from the bottle.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new lighter and bottle opener combination that allows a user to open bottles with their lighters.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with parti
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