Folder savers

A method of reinforcing and prolonging the usable life of a folder that is fastened to a ringed notebook binder, comprising,

• providing a folder having six holes through which three rings of the ringed notebook binder pass in order to fasten the folder to the binder, the folder comprising a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel each comprising three of the six holes;
• providing a first reinforcement device to the first panel, the first reinforcement device comprising:
• a first planar sheet including:
• a first side and an opposing second side;
• three pre-formed holes defined by the first planar sheet;
• and
• a glue or other sticky substance on one of the first side and the opposing second side to facilitate affixing the first reinforcement device to the first panel of the folder such that each of the three holes of the first panel of the folder and each of the three pre-formed holes of the first reinforcement device sufficiently align to allow each of the three rings from the ringed notebook binder to pass through each of the three corresponding holes of the first panel of the folder and each of the three corresponding pre-formed holes of the first reinforcement device,
• wherein the first reinforcement device is made of one or more of paper, cardstock paper, a plastic, or a polymer, and
• wherein each of the three pre-formed holes is laterally offset from a centerline of the first planar sheet such that each of the three pre-formed holes is positioned closer towards an inner edge than an outer edge of the first planar sheet;
• and
• a first coating layer comprising a friction material and a textured surface, the friction material and the textured surface configured to limit movement of an object residing within the folder when the object contacts the first coating layer, first coating layer being positioned on an inside of the first panel of the folder and around each of the three pre-formed holes, thereby increasing the thickness of the first planar sheet around each of the three pre-formed holes and reducing the likelihood that the folder will tear;
• attaching the first reinforcement device to the first panel of the folder so that the first reinforcement device is affixed to the first panel of the folder in a position that each of the three pre-formed holes of the first reinforcement device is aligned with each of the three holes of the first panel of the folder to permit each of the three rings of the three rings from the ringed notebook binder to pass through both the three holes of the first panel of the folder and the three pre-formed holes of the first reinforcement device, wherein the first reinforcement device provides added resistance to the first panel against the three rings of the ringed notebook binder from tearing through each of the three holes of the first panel of the folder, compared to when the first reinforcement device is not present;
• and
• providing a second reinforcement device to the second panel, the second reinforcement device comprising:
• a second planar sheet including:
• a first side and an opposing second side;
• one pre-formed hole defined by the second planar sheet;
• and
• a glue or other sticky substance on one of the first side and the opposing second side of the second planar sheet to facilitate affixing the second reinforcement device to the second panel of the folder such that a first hole of the three holes of the second panel of folder and the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device sufficiently align to allow a first ring of the three rings from the ringed notebook binder to pass through the first hole of the three holes of the second panel of the folder and the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device,
• wherein the second reinforcement device is made of one or more of paper, cardstock paper, a plastic, or a polymer, and
• wherein the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device is laterally offset from a centerline of the second planar sheet such that the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device is positioned closer towards an inner edge than an outer edge of the second planar sheet;
• and
• a second coating layer comprising a friction material and a textured surface, the friction material and the textured surface of the second coating layer configured to limit movement of the object residing within the folder when the object contacts the second coating layer, the second coating layer being positioned on the inside of the second panel of the folder and around the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device, thereby increasing the thickness of the second planar sheet around only the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device and reducing the likelihood that the folder will tear;
• and
• attaching the second reinforcement device to the second panel of the folder so that the second reinforcement device is affixed to the second panel of the folder in a position that the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device is aligned with the first hole of the three holes of the second panel of the folder to permit the first ring of the three rings from the ringed notebook binder to pass through both the first hole of the three holes of the second panel of the folder and the one pre-formed hole of the second reinforcement device, wherein the second reinforcement device provides added resistance to the second panel against the first ring of the three rings of the ringed notebook binder from tearing through the first hole of the three holes of the second panel of the folder, compared to when the second reinforcement device is not present.