Necklace snap combination

Claim 1

A necklace device comprising in combination: a miniature jewelry-necklace fastening-link means including a base structure with an integral headed male snap-in projection having a head of a snap-in-fastener type, a female base structure defining an integral female receptacle having an integral wall structured as a flat face having a circular aperture therein structured for snap-in receipt of the male-snap-in projection and snap-out of the male-snap-in projection in solely a plane substantially transversely perpendicular to the flat face, said male base structure defining a substantially flat face with said male-snapin projection extending about perpendicularly to the flat face of the male base such that when mated with male-snap-in projection the male and female flat faces lie substantially flushly with one-another in parallel planes, and including for each of said male base structure and said female base structure a rigid integral, substantially flat handle projection for snap-inunification maneuvering and snap-out-separation maneuvering of the male-snap-in projection and the female receptacle, in which each of the rigid handle projection means extends laterally outwardly from its respective adjoining base structure''s flat face thereof in a plane substantially common to the plane of the adjoining flat face, said aperture being slightly larger than the largest dimension of said male projection, said female recaptacle having generally the same shape as said male projection and being slightly larger to accommodate said male projection, said receptacle substantially entirely covering said aperture on one side, said receptacle being integrally connected along its open edge to substantially the entire edge of said aperture except for a single cut-away, said cut-away being three-sided and extending into both the receptacle and the edge of said aperture thereby forming a single integral resilient tongue which has an intermediate curved portion extending into said aperture and an end portion spaced from the end of the cut-away portion in the edge of said aperture, such that upon insertion of the male projection the curved portion flexes radially outwardly to thereafter snap-back radially inwardly to snap-secure the male projection within the receptacle, the male projection having an enlarged head relative to its neck portion and each of the male and female base structures including integral link ring structure attached to and including a cord means providing a necklace of miniature structure drapable around one''s appendage with the cord means extending between the respective link Ring structures of the male and female base structures.