Decorative cover for nails, tacks and screws.
OwnerSarah Barrahinventor
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Abstract
This invention is directed toward a device that can attractively cover the head of a nail or screw used to hang pictures and other items on a wall. The device has an attractive cover, which is generally flat, and can be pretty much any attractive item, including but not limited to rocks, minerals, wood, acrylic, resin, fiber, old jewelry, ceramics, glass, metal, shells, bones, printed logos/brands on acrylic, etc. The invention has a button cover attached to the back of the attractive cover. The button cover has a rotatable clasp section that can removably secure the head of a nail, screw, pin or other item. The button cover also has a magnet attached to its inside which helps secure the head of the screw, nail or pin.
Claims20
A device for decoratively covering the head of a fastener used to hang an item on a wall, consisting of:
- a decorative cover, a button cover, and a magnet, where the magnet is attached to the button cover, and where the button cover is attached to the decorative cover at a point of attachment, where, the button cover can be slipped over a head of a hanger, such as a head of a screw, a nail, or a thumbtack, protruding from a wall, such that the button cover hangs from the head, and where the head is covered by the decorative cover, where the decorative cover comprises a front surface and a back surface, where the front surface has a decorative element, where the button cover has a button cover base and a clasp, where the clasp is rotably attached to the button cover base, where the button cover base additionally comprises one or more clasp receivers, where the claps receivers removably mate with the one or more clasp receivers to removably secure the clasp to the button cover base, where the button cover base is adhered to the back surface of the decorative cover by an adherent, where the adherent is epoxy, where the button cover additionally comprises a magnet, where the button cover base as a top side and a bottom side, where the bottom side is attached to the back side of the decorative cover, and where the magnet is permanently attached to the top side of the button cover base, where the button cover clasp additionally comprises a hole, where the hole has a hole diameter, and where the hole diameter is larger than a fastener shaft diameter, but less than a fastener head diameter, such that the clasp can be placed over a fastener shaft such that the fastener shaft rests in the hole, and the clasp is closed over the fastener head, thereby retaining it in the button cover base, where the button cover clasp additionally comprises a hole, where the hole has a hole diameter, and where the hole diameter is larger than a screw shaft diameter, but less than a screw head diameter, such that the clasp can be placed over a screw shaft such that the screw shaft rests in the hole, and the clasp is closed over the screw head, thereby retaining it in the button cover base.
The device of claim 2, where the fastener is selected from the group consisted of screws, nails, push pins and tacks.
A device for decoratively covering the head of a fastener used to hang an item on a wall, comprising:
- a decorative cover, a button cover, and a magnet, where the magnet is attached to the button cover, and where the button cover is attached to the decorative cover at a point of attachment, where, the button cover can be slipped over a head of a hanger, such as a head of a screw, a nail, or a thumbtack, protruding from a wall, such that the button cover hangs from the head, and where the head is covered by the decorative cover.
A device for decoratively covering the head of a fastener used to hang an item on a wall, comprising:
- a decorative cover, a button cover, and a magnet, where the magnet is attached to the button cover, and where the button cover is attached to the decorative cover at a point of attachment, where, the button cover can be slipped over a head of a hanger, such as a head of a screw, a nail, or a thumbtack, protruding from a wall, such that the button cover hangs from the head, and where the head is covered by the decorative cover, where the decorative cover comprises a front surface and a back surface, where the front surface has a decorative element, where the button cover has a button cover base and a clasp, where the clasp is rotably attached to the button cover base, where the button cover base additionally comprises one or more clasp receivers, where the claps receivers removably mate with the one or more clasp receivers to removably secure the clasp to the button cover base, where the button cover base is adhered to the back surface of the decorative cover by an adherent,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.