Low-profile fastener retaining device with single-sided retention and release

A method of using a driving tool to install a fastener into a material, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a compression sleeve configured to engage and hold the shaft of a driving tool of various sizes and shapes about an axis;
• providing a single-sided fastener retaining device comprising a single release mechanism including a resilient arm and a lever arm joined by a fulcrum, said resilient arm extending from the compression sleeve along and spaced apart from the axis to the fulcrum, said lever arm extending from the fulcrum at an angle to the axis, and a single fork attached to the lever arm, said resilient arm extending away from the axis at a first positive angle to a substantially flat portion that extends substantially parallel to the axis and thereafter extends towards the axis to the fulcrum at a negative angle opposite to the first, the lever arm extends away from the axis at a second positive angle;
• engaging the compression sleeve to the shaft of the driving tool such that the fulcrum contacts the shaft and the single fork receives the shaft of the fastener and holds the head of the fastener to the working end of the driving tool in a retained position;
• using the driving tool to partially engage the fastener into the material;
• applying force to elastically deform the resilient arm causing the lever arm to pivot on the fulcrum moving the single fork away from the axis to a released position to release the fastener;
• using the driving tool to complete engagement of the fastener into the material;
• and
• withdrawing the driving tool and removing the force to return the single fork to the retained position.