Patent ID: 6994215

Claim:
A retainer device for permanently securing sleeves in a binder for storing and protecting disc type objects, said sleeves having pockets for receiving said objects and one or more holes formed along a margin, the binder having front and rear covers and a spine intermediate said covers, the retainer device comprising: a) an inverted, U-shaped clip having an elongated body portion having opposed ends and a leg portion extending outwardly at an angle from each end of said body portion, each leg terminating in an outer end; b) a reinforcement strip formed from a substantially rigid sheet material, said strip being arranged for attachment to said binder; c) coupling means provided for attaching the outer end of said legs to said reinforcement strip, said coupling means being arranged to be permanently attached to said reinforcement strip after sleeves are inserted over the body portion of said clip so that when the reinforcement strip is securely attached to the binder the clip and sleeves cannot be removed and misplaced; d) said coupling means further includes at least one pair of spaced apertures formed in said reinforcement strip to receive and secure the legs of said clip; and e) said coupling means includes an outwardly extending rectangular flange portion which permanently secures the end of a leg in each of the apertures of said strip.