Patent ID: 8585311

Claim:
A recyclable ring binder apparatus, comprising: a binder hardcover comprising at least one front section, at least one spine section and at least one back section, or any combination of such, wherein said binder hardcover is constructed of at least one recycled raw material; a ring metal comprising a plurality of binder rings formed of a plurality of ring halves, a plurality of release levers wherein said plurality of binder rings is openable and closable via said plurality of release levers, and at least one hole; and at least one removable clipping mechanism including a post with a neck formed therein, and an arched snap clamp with a tab and a rounded opening, wherein said ring metal is firmly fastened to said at least one spine section of said binder hardcover by pressing said rounded opening of said arched snap clamp toward an end of said spine section around the neck of said post with the tab extending from the neck of the post toward the center of the spine section, and thereby said ring metal and said binder hardcover are easily detachable for recycling and for ease of separation and to leave said binder hardcover without any of said ring metal, parts associated with said ring metal, or said at least one clipping mechanism.