Fastener for bands or the like

Fastener for bands or the like, particularly on pants, shirts, pockets or the like, comprising

• a rail having catches defining catch recesses,
• a slide running on said rail, said slide having a slide bottom plate defining a rail guide tunnel, said rail extending through said guide tunnel, said slide having a cover covering said rail guide tunnel,
• an angular-shaped folding lever being pivotally mounted to said slide, said folding lever having a longer leg constituting lever actuation handle and a shorter angle leg, the latter carries a catch projection engaging in said catch recesses of said rail in a folded-up locked position of said folding lever, said longer leg of said folding lever having frame legs defining a window opening in said longer leg, the latter being adapted for the free passage therethrough of a cover strip, the latter lying on the outside in front of said rail, one of said frame legs points to said slide bottom plate and carriers said shorter angle leg, the latter via said catch projection engaging in said catch recesses of said rail,
• said one frame leg is angled-off such that in said locked position of said folding lever said one frame leg extends in a substantially parallel flat position relative to said cover of said rail guide tunnel and to the cover strip.