A conveyor belt fastener for splicing ends of a conveyor belt together, the conveyor belt fastener comprising: a fastener body having opposite outboard end portions; an elongate beam portion of the fastener body having a length extending longitudinally between the outboard end portions with the beam portion having a lateral cross-section across the elongate beam portion that is substantially uniform along the length of the beam portion; an upper portion , a lower portion , and an arcuate loop portion of the beam portion with the arcuate loop portion being disposed along the beam portion intermediate the upper and lower portions and curved to orient the upper portion above the lower portion with a gap spacing therebetween; a web portion of the fastener body extending laterally from the beam portion at the upper portion thereof and another web portion of the fastener body extending laterally from the beam portion at the lower portion thereof with the web portions having a reduced thickness relative to the beam portion so that the upper and lower portions are raised relative to the laterally adjacent web portions, apertures in the reduced thickness web portions laterally offset from the beam portion and sized to receive an attachment member with the raised upper and lower portions of the beam portion extending along the attachment member received in the apertures of the reduced thickness web portions for providing protection thereto, characterized in that the reduced thickness web portions at the upper and lower portions of the beam portion include laterally outer ledges with each ledge having an inner surface for facing the conveyor belt and an outer surface for facing away from the conveyor belt and a laterally outer, vertical side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces. a fastener body having opposite outboard end portions; an elongate beam portion of the fastener body having a length extending longitudinally between the outboard end portions with the beam portion having a lateral cross-section across the elongate beam portion that is substantially uniform along the length of the beam portion; an upper portion , a lower portion , and an arcuate loop portion of the beam portion with the arcuate loop portion being disposed along the beam portion intermediate the upper and lower portions and curved to orient the upper portion above the lower portion with a gap spacing therebetween; a web portion of the fastener body extending laterally from the beam portion at the upper portion thereof and another web portion of the fastener body extending laterally from the beam portion at the lower portion thereof with the web portions having a reduced thickness relative to the beam portion so that the upper and lower portions are raised relative to the laterally adjacent web portions, apertures in the reduced thickness web portions laterally offset from the beam portion and sized to receive an attachment member with the raised upper and lower portions of the beam portion extending along the attachment member received in the apertures of the reduced thickness web portions for providing protection thereto, characterized in that the reduced thickness web portions at the upper and lower portions of the beam portion include laterally outer ledges with each ledge having an inner surface for facing the conveyor belt and an outer surface for facing away from the conveyor belt and a laterally outer, vertical side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces. <EOS>