Patent ID: 8366850

Claim:
A method of using a fastener retention tape, the method comprising the steps: obtaining a fastener retention tape, the fastener retention tape comprising: a transparent tape substrate, the substrate being fabricated of a material capable of plastic deformation; a pair of adhesive strips, each adhesive strip is applied to an attachment side of the substrate in an arrangement parallel to an adjacent edge of the tape, and applying the fastener retention tape onto a surface of secondary member of an assembly, wherein the fastener retention tape is placed covering a series of fasteners, wherein each fastener passes through a respective fastener passage provided through the secondary member; engaging a driver tip of a fastener driver with a fastener driver slot of a fastener head of a fastener; rotating the fastener driver to disengage the fastener from a fastener receptacle; and retaining the disengaged fastener within the respective fastener passage by entrapping the fastener between the transparent tape substrate and the secondary member.