Laterally engageable snap fastener for garments

Abstract

A snap fastener, of a laterally engageable type, for garments in general, comprises a male part including a contoured projection and to be clamped to a first flap of the garment article, and a female part, including a female part hollow body having an inner cavity and clamped to a second flap of the garment article, the hollow body including, at a top part thereof, a seat for laterally engaging therein the contoured projection, the seat comprising an elongated slot including an open end portion, formed on the peripheral surface of the hollow body. With respect to a prior like snap fastener, the inventive snap fastener has the advantage that it allows the garment article to be buttoned up by a simple lateral engaging of the male portion into the female portion, without requiring additional axial movements. A further advantage is that the inventive snap fastener allows to button-up the garment article by a single movement of the parts constituting the snap fastener, without requiring any application of an axial effort.

1 . A snap fastener, of a laterally engaging type, for garment articles, comprising a snap fastener male portion including a contoured projection and to be clamped to a first flap of a garment article, and a snap fastener female portion, including a hollow body having an inner cavity and to be clamped to a second flap of said garment article, said snap fastener being characterized in that said hollow body comprises, on a top portion thereof, a side engaging seat for laterally engaging therein said contoured projection in said inner cavity. 
   
   
       2 . A snap fastener, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said engaging seat comprises an elongated slot having an open end portion, formed through a peripheral surface of said hollow body. 
   
   
       3 . A snap fastener, according to  claim 2 , characterized in that said snap fastener further comprises a resilient tongue, housed inside said cavity of said body and designed for holding said projection in said cavity. 
   
   
       4 . A snap fastener, according to  claim 3 , characterized in that said resilient tongue is clamped on a bottom of said cavity. 
   
   
       5 . A snap fastener, according to  claim 3 , characterized in that said resilient tongue is clamped at one of the sides, or both sides, of said elongated slot.