How to restore a usb thumb drive using disk utility

i reformatted my usb thumb drive to Mac os extended (journaled). and I can't right click the drive to restore it it wants me to select something html:/. How do i restore the drive so i can make a bootable version of os x lion.

It wants a disk image to restore.

There are lots of guides around but this will take you through it.

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