Fastener for clothing or lingerie

A fastener for connecting together two pieces of which at least one is a textile, the fastener comprising:

• a front element forming a backwardly open seat cavity, and having a pair of catch faces directed towards one end of the front element, flanking the seat cavity, and angled such that the front edges of the catch faces are further from the one end than the back edges of the catch faces;
• a front magnet held in the front element immediately forward of the seat cavity;
• a first tab extending from the one end of the front element and configured for connection to one of the pieces to exert traction on the front element and the front magnet in a direction towards the one end;
• a back element formed with a forwardly projecting bump loosely fittable in the seat cavity, the back element having a pair of catch faces generally complementary to the catch faces of the front element and engageable therewith on engagement of the bump in the seat cavity;
• a second tab extending from an end of the back element and configured for connection to the other of the pieces to exert traction on the back element away from the one end of the front element;
• a back magnet secured in the bump, the front magnet and the back magnet being so polarized as to attract each other and pull the bump into the seat cavity on juxtaposition of the front and back elements;
• and in which there is provided:
• an upwardly engagable catch face on the front element directed substantially perpendicular to the one end of the front element, directed away from one side of the front element, and angled such that the front edge of the upwardly engagable catch face is closer to the side of the front element than the back edge of the third upwardly engagable catch face and an upwardly engagable complementary catch face on the back element, engagable with the upwardly engagable catch face by urging the back element upwards relative to the front element, and configured to resist disengagement of the front element and the back element by upward misalignment of the back element relative to the front element;
• a downwardly engagable catch face on the front element directed substantially perpendicular to the one end of the front element, directed towards the one side of the front element, and angled such that the front edge of the downwardly engagable catch face is further from that side of the front element than the back edge of the downwardly engagable catch face and a downwardly engagable complementary catch face on the back element, engagable with the downwardly engagable catch face by urging the back element downwards relative to the front element, and configured to resist disengagement of the front element and the back element by downward misalignment of the back element relative to the front element.

A fastener for connecting together two pieces of which at least one is a textile, the fastener comprising:

• a front element forming a backwardly open seat cavity, and having a pair of catch faces directed towards one end of the front element, flanking the seat cavity, and angled such that the front edges of the catch faces are further from the one end than the back edges of the catch faces;
• a front magnet held in the front element immediately forward of the seat cavity;
• a first tab extending from the one end of the front element and configured for connection to one of the pieces to exert traction on the front element and the front magnet in a direction towards the one end;
• a back element formed with a forwardly projecting bump loosely fittable in the seat cavity, the back element having a pair of catch faces generally complementary to the catch faces of the front element and engageable therewith on engagement of the bump in the seat cavity;
• a second tab extending from an end of the back element and configured for connection to the other of the pieces to exert traction on the back element away from the one end of the front element;
• a back magnet secured in the bump, the front magnet and the back magnet being so polarized as to attract each other and pull the bump into the seat cavity on juxtaposition of the front and back elements;
• and in which there is provided:
• an opposingly engagable catch face on the front element directed away from the one end of the front element and angled such that the front edge of the opposingly engagable catch face is closer to the one end than the back edge of the opposingly engagable catch face and an opposingly engagable complementary catch face on the back element, engagable with the opposingly engagable catch face by urging the back element toward the one end of the front element, and configured to resist disengagement of the front element and the back element by misalignment of the back element relative to the front element in a direction opposite a normal wearing force.