Fastener for clothing or lingerie

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

• a front element formed with a generally cylindrical backwardly open seat cavity and having a pair of catch faces directed away from one end of the front element, flanking the seat cavity, and angled such that front edges of the catch faces are closer to the one end than back edges of the catch faces;
• a front magnet held in the front element immediately forward of the seat cavity;
• means for connecting the one end of the front element to one of the pieces to exert traction on the front element and front magnet in a direction toward the one end;
• a back element formed with a forwardly projecting generally cylindrical 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 in the direction therewith on engagement of the bump in the seat cavity;
• means for connecting an end of the back element to the other of the pieces to exert traction opposite to the direction on the element away from the one end of the front element;
• and
• a back magnet secured in the bump, the magnets being so polarized as to attract each other and pull the bump into the seat cavity on juxtaposition of the front and back elements,
• the assembly further comprising:
• a front support web on which both of the front elements are mounted spaced apart transversely of the direction;
• and
• a back support web on which both of the back element are mounted spaced apart transversely of the direction, the magnets of the front elements being oppositely polarized and the magnets of the back elements being also oppositely polarized.

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

• a front element having
• a catch ring surrounding and defining a generally cylindrically backwardly open seat cavity,
• a pair of catch faces directed away from one end of the front element, flanking the seat cavity, and angled such that front edges of the catch faces are closer to the one end than back edges of the catch faces, a
• plurality of forwardly projecting pins, and
• a front holder through which the pins pass and holding the front magnet;
• a front magnet held in the front element immediately forward of the seat cavity;
• means for connecting the one end of the front element to one of the pieces to exert traction on the front element and front magnet in a direction toward the one end;
• a back element formed with a forwardly projecting generally cylindrical 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 in the direction therewith on engagement of the bump in the seat cavity;
• means for connecting an end of the back element to the other of the pieces to exert traction opposite to the direction on the element away from the one end of the front element;
• and
• a back magnet secured in the bump, the magnets being so polarized as to attract each other and pull the bump into the seat cavity on juxtaposition of the front and back elements.