[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1212.2]

[Page 342-343]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1212--Safety Standard for Multi-Purpose Lighters--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Requirements for Child-Resistance
 
Sec. 1212.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part 1212:
    (a)(1) Multi-purpose lighter, (also known as grill lighter, 
fireplace lighter, utility lighter, micro-torch, or gas match, etc.) 
means: A hand-held, flame-producing product that operates on fuel, 
incorporates an ignition mechanism, and is used by consumers to ignite 
items such as candles, fuel for fireplaces, charcoal or gas-fired 
grills, camp fires, camp stoves, lanterns, fuel-fired appliances or 
devices, or pilot lights, or for uses such as soldering or brazing. Some 
multi-purpose lighters have a feature that allows for hands-free 
operation.
    (2) The following products are not multi-purpose lighters:
    (i) Devices intended primarily for igniting cigarettes, cigars, and 
pipes, whether or not such devices are subject to the requirements of 
the Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters (16 CFR part 1210).
    (ii) Devices containing more than 10 oz. of fuel.
    (iii) Matches.
    (b) Successful operation means one signal of any duration from a 
surrogate multi-purpose lighter within either of the two 5-minute test 
periods specified in Sec. 1212.4(f).
    (c)(1) Surrogate multi-purpose lighter means a device that
    (i) Approximates the appearance, size, shape, and weight of, and is 
identical in all other factors that affect child resistance (including 
operation and the force(s) required for operation), within reasonable 
manufacturing tolerances, to, a multi-purpose lighter intended for use 
by consumers,
    (ii) Has no fuel,
    (iii) Does not produce a flame, and
    (iv) produces an audible, or audible and visual, signal that will be 
clearly discernible when the surrogate multi-

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purpose lighter is activated in each manner that would produce a flame 
in a fueled production multi-purpose lighter.
    (2) This definition does not require a multi-purpose lighter to be 
modified with electronics or the like to produce a signal. Manufacturers 
may use a multi-purpose lighter without fuel as a surrogate multi-
purpose lighter if a distinct audible signal, such as a ``click,'' can 
be heard clearly when the mechanism is operated in each manner that 
would produce a flame in a production lighter and if a flame cannot be 
produced in a production multi-purpose lighter without the signal. But 
see Sec. 1212.4(f)(1).
    (d) Child-resistant mechanism means the mechanism of a multi-purpose 
lighter that makes the lighter resist successful operation by young 
children, as specified in Sec. 1212.3.
    (e) Model means one or more multi-purpose lighters from the same 
manufacturer or importer that do not differ in design or other 
characteristics in any manner that may affect child resistance. Lighter 
characteristics that may affect child resistance include, but are not 
limited to, size, shape, case material, and ignition mechanism 
(including child-resistant features).