Snap fastener with separator spring

摘要

A snap fastener has a female member including a snap type resilient clamp having a dished resilient actuator plate and a plurality of legs depending from the periphery thereof having inwardly extending hooks on the free ends and a casing in which the clamp is positioned, and a male member having a hook receiving recess therearound and insertable into the space within the legs with the hook receiving recess in opposed relation to the hooks for causing the male member to be gripped by the hooks when the clamp is in a closed position and for freeing the male member for movement into and out of the space when the snap type resilient clamp is in an open position. A spring or the like is provided between the female snap member and the male member and compressed when the female snap member and the male member are brought together and the hooks grip the male member engaging position and urging the female snap member and the male member apart when the dished resilient actuator plate is moved to a concave position for releasing the hooks. Various types of actuating members can be provided to move the dished resilient actuator plates.