Clasp

Clasp for items of clothing, particularly brassieres, comprising at least two clasp members which can be joined together in articulated manner and also detached from one another, whereby the said clasp members can be connected to the ends of the items to be connected at the end thereof remote from the joint, whereby the latter is formed from a longitudinally slotted member having a cylindrical bore disposed on one of said clasp members at right angles to the connecting line between said clasp members and by a roll insertable in the said cylindrical bore, said roll connected to the other of said clasp members by a web, wherein the slot is arranged in a plane at an angle of 60.degree. to 90.degree. to the clasp plane, so that the two joint portions are inserted into one another in an angular position and are brought into an extended position corresponding to the clasp position by swivelling, whereby in the area of said slot is provided a space laterally communicating with said slot for receiving the web on swivelling the clasp portions from the angular position into the extended position, said one clasp portion including a protrusion acting in a snap fastener-like manner and disposed in the path of the other clasp portion on reciprocal rotation of the two portions with respect to each other.