A three component strap fastener having a body member with a fork inserted
into a fork end opening and a catch inserted into an opposite catch end
opening in the body member is improved by reconfiguring the catch end
opening so as to prevent undesirable twisting of the catch relative to
the fork within the body member. Additional constrainment of the catch to
prevent it from being forced out of coplanar relationship relative to the
fork is achieved by narrowing the outboard extremities of the open mouth
formed at the catch end opening of the body member. This added
constrainment is achieved by building up the interior wall structure of
the body member at the transverse outboard extremities of the catch end
opening with four interior, wedge-shaped corner restraints. These corner
restraints are located at the transverse, outboard extremities of the
catch end opening so that the mouth of the slit at the catch end opening
has truncated, pointed corners, but otherwise has a uniform, narrow
dimensional thickness between its corners.