Patent ID: 6971815

Claim:
A binder ring clamp assembly, for holding paper, comprising: a binder for use with a loose leaf binder having a front cover, back cover, and base between the front cover and back cover; a plurality of binder rings, each binder ring having a ring front half, extending from the base near the front cover, a ring back half, extending from the base near the rear cover, the ring front half of each binder ring selectively engaging the ring back half to selectively extend through and hold papers together and selectively allow papers to be inserted and removed therefrom; a clamp, having a pair of clamp panels, each clamp panel having a panel bottom surface and a panel top surface opposite therefrom, each clamp panel has a panel hole corresponding with each binder ring, for allowing the rings to extend therethrough, such that the ring front halves extend through one of the clamp panels and the ring back halves extend through the other of the clamp panels of the clamp; and at least two springs, including at least one spring associated with one of the ring front halves and at least one spring associated with one of the ring back halves, each spring extends outwardly from the panel and is sized to extend concentrically over its associated ring half, each spring having a base end and a panel end, the panel end attached to one of the clamp panels, the springs urging the clamp panels toward each other so that when pages are held by the binder rings, they are held in a centered position on the rings by the clamp panels.