Separable fastener elements

Claim 1

A fastener element including cooperative component members adapted to secure an eyelet member therebetween comprising in combination, a socket member including a base portion and having means defining an opening therein, parallel diametrically opposed rigid means within said socket member, a rotatable head member for assembly with said socket member and having an operator means therefor, depending bifurcated leg means on said operator including spaced lock means carried at the free end of each leg, said spaced lock means including outwardly directed chamfered portionS below said lock means for bending the bifurcated leg means upon said leg means being inserted through said socket means and brought into locking engagement with said rigid means and thereby enabling subsequent relative rotation between the head and socket members to permit engagement of or removal therefrom of an eyelet member, an upstanding collar on said socket member of substantially elliptic form with flattened end surfaces forming cams parallel to a plane of symmetry of the socket member, and resilient means on said operator for engaging said cams.