Eye for a hook-and-eye fastener

In a female component of a hook-and-eye fastener including:

• a male component provided with a hook body fixedly mounted on a garment fabric;
• and a female component provided with an eye body which is fixedly mounted on another garment fabric by means of an eyelet, a part of said hook body of said male component being inserted into said eye body of said female component so as to be engaged with said female component in fastening operation of said fastener, the improvement wherein:
• said eye body of said female component is formed into a hollow member having its opposite end portions open to form a pair of hook-insertion openings, said hollow member comprising:
• a base substantially planar mounting plate section having an eyelet-insertion aperture in its central portion, into which eyelet-insertion aperture is inserted an eyelet for fixing said eye body of said female component to said garment fabric;
• a top engaging plate section which is spaced apart from said base mounting plate section while disposed parallel to the latter;
• and opposite end plate sections through which opposite end portions of said base mounting plate section are connected with those of said top engaging plate section;
• and wherein:
• said base mounting plate section of said eye body of said female component is provided with embossed rising portions formed inside said eye body at opposite sides of said eyelet insertion aperture and are positioned adjacent to said hook-insertion openings, respectively, whereby:
• a pair of garment-fabric receiving cavity portions are formed in its outer surface abutting against said garment fabric, between which garment-fabric receiving cavity portions is interposed said eyelet-insertion aperture;
• a pair of upward-and-inward sloping portions are formed in its inner surface extending inside said eye body beyond said substantially planar base mounting plate section defining partially said hook-insertion openings, between which upward-and-inward sloping portions is interposed said eyelet-insertion aperture;
• and
• a recessed portion is formed in its inner surface, said recessed portion being interposed between said upward-and-inward sloping portions while positioned above said eyelet-insertion aperture.