Handbag clasp

A handbag clasp comprising a first clasping element provided on either one of a handbag flap and a handbag body and a second clasping element provided on the other one of the handbag flap and the handbag body and adapted to collaborate together to lock/unlock the handbag clasp in order to permit closing/opening of the handbag, wherein,

• the first clasping element comprises a first fixed part and a mobile part, the first fixed part comprising a first abutting portion and the mobile part presenting a second abutting portion and being hingedly fixed to the first fixed part so as to be moved between a first unlocking position and a second locking position,
• the second clasping element comprises a second fixed part and a locking element providing a recess between them, wherein the recess is defined by a surface of the locking element facing away from the handbag body and a surface of the second fixed portion facing the handbag body, and the recess is adapted to receive the first abutting portion and presents a third abutting portion adapted to come in contact with the first abutting portion along a first contact zone and a surface of the first fixed part facing the handbag body when the mobile part is positioned in the locking position, and
• the locking element presenting a fourth abutting portion adapted to be in contact with the second abutting portion along a second contact zone when the mobile part is positioned in the locking element,
• characterized in that the first contact zone between the first abutting portion and the third abutting portion is transversal to the second contact zone between the second abutting portion and the fourth abutting portion.