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A method of covering the head of a screw which has been inserted into a wood structure, such as a cabinet, a bookshelf, etc. There is a planar circular cover member made of a moderately flexible plasctic and having an adhesive surface. The diameter of the cover member is moderately greater than the

A method of covering the head of a screw which has been inserted into a wood structure, such as a cabinet, a bookshelf, etc. There is a planar circular cover member made of a moderately flexible plasctic and having an adhesive surface. The diameter of the cover member is moderately greater than the diameter of the screw head and the opening in which the screw head is placed. The cover member is placed by positioning a first side portion of the cover member adjacent to the opening, and then deflecting cover member downwardly in a curved position above the screw head opening, keeping the cover properly positioned. Then the person's thumb which grasps an end of the cover member is moved to release the cover member which then snaps into position to cover the opening and become bonded to the surface of the wood structure.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A method of covering an exposed fastener in a structure where;i. the structure has a structure surfaceii. a fastener, is positioned in the structure in a manner that there is a surface opening in the structure, said surface opening having a perimeter edge with a predetermined maximu

[ I claim:] [1.] A method of covering an exposed fastener in a structure where;i. the structure has a structure surfaceii. a fastener, is positioned in the structure in a manner that there is a surface opening in the structure, said surface opening having a perimeter edge with a predetermined maximum edge to edge lateral dimensions; said method comprisinga. providing a generally planar cover member comprisingi. an exposed surface on one side and a contact surface on an opposite side, and a perimeter edge portion having lateral dimensions greater than corresponding lateral dimensions of the surface opening, said perimeter edge portion having a perimeter surface contact portion;ii. an adhesive material located at least at a perimeter contact portion of the contact surface;b. applying the cover member to the structure surface to cover the surface opening so that the perimeter portion of the cover member is properly positioned relative to the perimeter edge portion of the surface opening, and moving the cover member into engagement with the surface of the wood structure so that the perimeter contact portion of the cover member becomes bonded to at least a surface portion of the structure surrounding the surface opening;c. said cover member being sufficiently resistant to bending so that in the application of the cover member to the structure surface, with the cover member being positioned so that with a first edge portion of the cover member being located at a first location of the structure surface near the perimeter edge of the surface opening, a second portion of the cover member may be grasped in a manner to manipulate the cover member to cause enough force to be transmitted from the second portion through the cover member to the second portion of the cover member to press the first portion of the cover member into engagement with the surface structure at the first location so that resistance to lateral movement of the first portion of the cover member at the first location is sufficiently great so that the cover member can be moved toward the structure surface into its proper position with the perimeter contact portion of the cover members surrounding the surface opening to cover the surface opening, and with the first portion of the cover member remaining at the first location to stabilize the cover member as it is moved to its covering position, said cover member having a reference deflection less than 1.0 inch and greater than zero.