Safety lock lighter

A lighter comprising,

• a lighter body containing fuel in its interior;
• a mounting frame disposed atop said lighter body;
• a nozzle having two ends, one of which is disposed in communicating relationship with the lighter body's interior and the other end comprising a head extending above the lighter body, said nozzle reciprocatingly mounted upon said lighter body between a lower position and an upper position, said nozzle being configured so that fuel stored in said interior of said lighter body may be ejected from said nozzle head when said nozzle is in the upper position, and when said nozzle is in said lower position fuel cannot be ejected from said nozzle head;
• a nozzle actuating lever having a front end and a rear end and a fulcrum disposed intermediate said front and rear ends, said lever having at its front end a gripper engaging said nozzle, said lever being reciprocatingly mounted upon said mounting frame between a first position and a second position;
• said rear end of said lever having a step extending downward therefrom and said lighter body having a top surface having a recess therein disposed beneath said step when said lever is in said second position, at least a portion of said step being vertically aligned with a portion of said top surface of said lighter body when said lever is in said first position, said step having a length such that when said rear end of said lever is pushed downward during the time that said lever is in said first position, said step comes into vertical engagement with said top surface of said lighter body before said nozzle is raised to its upper position by the front end of said lever, and said recess being configured so as to receive said step when said lever is in said second position such that when said rear end of said lever is pushed downward by a user of said lighter during the time that said lever is in said second position, said nozzle is raised to its upper position by said front end of the lever, said step having a hollow formed in its bottom;
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• a spring having a bottom end and a top end, the bottom end of which is disposed in said recess and the top end of which is disposed in said hollow, said spring acting to urge said rear end of said lever upward and rearward when said step has been received in said recess so as to automatically move said lever into said first position when the user of said lighter is no longer pushing said rear end of said lever downward.