Patent ID: 6113297
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B42F

Abstract:
A new and improved ring binder storage device for allowing use of the spacing between the binder rings comprising in combination:a generally rectangular supporting member being sized for positioning within a ringed binder, the support member having a top surface and a bottom surface, the support member having a pair of elongated peripheral side edges with a pair of short peripheral edges therebetween, the elongated peripheral side edges defining a first elongated side edge and a second elongated side edge, the peripheral short edges defining a first short edge and a second short edge, a plurality of openings being cut through the support member and spaced from the first elongated side edge, the plurality of openings being proportionately spaced along a common axis extending a length of the support member;a housing member being interconnected to the top surface of the support member and adjacent the second elongated side edge, the housing member having a first side wall and a second side wall, each side wall projecting upwardly from the top surface of the support member and extending the length of the support member, each side wall having an upper overhang with the over hang of each side wall projecting inwardly, each side wall having a slot being sized for receiving a divider, the divider being capable of dividing the housing member into a large compartment and a small compartment, the large compartment being sized for receiving writing utensils and the small compartment being sized for receiving miscellaneous items;a lid being sized for positioning over the housing member for enclosing the writing utensils and miscellaneous items therein, the lid having a pair of elongated channels, one of each channel engaging one of the over hangs of the elongated side walls of the housing member for allowing the lid to slid on and off of the housing member; andthe ringed binder having a plurality of rings capable of opening and closing, the rings when in an open position being capable of passing through at least two of the openings of the support member, the rings being closed for allowing the support member to be held thereon and the housing member to be positioned between the rings.