Decorative cover for nails, tacks and screws
View Patent ↗A device to 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, a button cover attached to the back of the attractive cover, with 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.
1. A device for decoratively covering a 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 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 removably mates with the clasp 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 the magnet, where the button cover base has a top side and a bottom side, where the bottom side is attached to the back surface of the decorative cover, and where the magnet is permanently attached to the top side of the button cover base, where the clasp of the button cover 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 head of the fastener, thereby retaining it in the button cover base, where the fastener is a screw.
2. A device for decoratively covering a 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 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 removably mates with the clasp to removably secure the clasp to the button cover base.
3. The device of claim 2 , where the button cover base is adhered to the back surface of the decorative cover by an adherent.
4. The device of claim 3 , where the adherent is epoxy.
5. The device of claim 3 , where the button cover additionally comprises the magnet.
6. The device of claim 5 , where the button cover base as a top side and a bottom side, where the bottom side is attached to the back surface of the decorative cover, and where the magnet is permanently attached to the top side of the button cover base.
7. The device of claim 6 , where the clasp of the button cover 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 head of the fastener, thereby retaining it in the button cover base.
8. The device of claim 7 , where the fastener is a screw.
9. The device of claim 6 , 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 a head of a screw, thereby retaining it in the button cover base.
10. The device of claim 6 , where the clasp of the button cover additionally comprises a hole, where the hole has a hole diameter, and where the hole diameter is larger than a nail shaft diameter, but less than a nail head diameter, such that the clasp can be placed over a nail shaft such that the nail shaft rests in the hole, and the clasp is closed over a head of a nail, thereby retaining it in the button cover base.
11. The device of claim 6 , where the decorative element is selected from the group consisting of wood, ceramic, glass, stained glass, minerals, rocks, gems, jewels, metals, fiber, resin, pressed flowers, shells, paper, feathers, preserved insects, bones, paper, concrete, acrylic and plastic.
12. The device of claim 6 , where the decorative element can vary in shape, size, texture, color and weight.
13. A device for decoratively covering a 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 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 removably mates with the clasp 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.
14. The device of claim 13 , where the adherent is epoxy, where the button cover additionally comprises the magnet, where the button cover base as a top side and a bottom side, where the bottom side is attached to the back surface of the decorative cover, and where the magnet is permanently attached to the top side of the button cover base, where the clasp of the button cover 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 head of the fastener, thereby retaining it in the button cover base, where the fastener is a screw.