Scrapbook retainer system

A scrapbook ring binder system for storing at least one, substantially flat, multiple page, memento item, each page of the item having a front side and a back side, said system further comprising:

• a scrapbook ring binder having a front cover side and a back cover side, attached to one another at a spine, and at least two, spaced rings attached to said spine, each of said rings having a shank with an extended length, an upper ring and a lower ring spaced from said upper ring;
• a retainer clip associated with said binder but being separable from said binder, said retainer clip having two portions, a ring attachment portion and an affixed, extended, clip portion,
• said ring attachment portion having an interior opening through it of a size allowing it to be placed over and move along the shank of at least one of said rings and thereby become temporarily attached to said one of said ring, while also allowing it to be moved along the extended length of said shank of said ring, said ring attachment portion being longitudinally extended, being longer than it is wide, and having an open interior of a length greater than the spacing distance between said two rings, allowing it to be placed over and ride along both rings at the same time,
• said clip portion being clipable over and thereby attachable to the bottom-most page of the item, allowing the other pages of the item to be folded open when so clipped and attached, allowing for the viewing of all pages of the item, including the front and back-side of each page, while said ring attachment portion allowing the clipped item to be moved from one side of the binder to the other along the extended length of said shank of said ring, both said ring attachment portion and said clip portion each having separate, longitudinally extended oval shapes, disposed along side of one another in parallel array, and are attached to one another along a common side edge, said ring attachment portion and said clip portion being flat with both lying in the same geometric plane, said clip portion being substantially longer than said ring attachment portion, extending past at least one end of said ring attachment portion.

A retainer clip for clipping a multi-page item to at least two, spaced rings of a multi-ring, storage device, each ring having an extended shank, comprising:

• a ring attachment portion and an affixed, extended, clip portion,
• said ring attachment portion having an interior opening through it of a size allowing it to be placed over and move along the shank of at least two of said rings and thereby become temporarily attached to said two rings, while also allowing it to be moved along the extended length of the shank of the ring, said ring attachment portion being longitudinally extended, being longer than it is wide, and having an open interior of a length greater than the spacing distance between the two rings, allowing it to be placed over and ride along both rings at the same time,
• said clip portion being clipable over and thereby attachable to the bottom-most page of the item, allowing the other pages of the item to be folded open when so clipped and attached, allowing for the viewing of all pages of the item, including the front and back-side of each page, while said ring attachment portion allowing the clipped item to be moved from one side of the rings to the other along the extended lengths of the shank of the rings, both said ring attachment portion and said clip portion each having separate, longitudinally extended oval shapes, disposed along side of one another in parallel array, and are attached to one another along a common side edge, said ring attachment portion and said clip portion being flat with both lying in the same geometric plane, said clip portion being substantially longer than said ring attachment portion, extending past at least one end of said ring attachment portion.

A scrapbook method, including a multi-ring, scrapbook binder, for storing at least one, substantially flat, multiple page, memento item, each page of the item having a front side and a back side, said method comprising the following steps:

• a. using
• a scrapbook ring binder having a front cover side and a back cover side, attached to one another at a spine, and at least two, spaced rings attached to said spine, each of said rings having a shank with an extended length, an upper ring and a lower ring spaced from said upper ring;
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• at least one retainer clip associated with said binder but being separable from said binder, said retainer clip having two portions, a ring attachment portion and an affixed, extended, clip portion, with said ring attachment portion having an interior opening through it of a size allowing it to be placed over and move along the shank of at least one of said rings and thereby become temporarily attached to said one of said ring, while also allowing it to be moved along the extended length of said shank of said ring, said ring attachment portion being longitudinally extended, being longer than it is wide, and having an open interior of a length greater than the spacing distance between said two rings, allowing it to be placed over and ride along both rings at the same time, with said clip portion being clipable over and thereby attachable to the bottom-most page of the item, allowing the other pages of the item to be folded open when so clipped and attached, allowing for the viewing of all pages of the item, including the front and back-side of each page, while said ring attachment portion allowing the clipped item to be moved from one side of the binder to the other along the extended length of said shank of said ring, both said ring attachment portion and said clip portion each having separate, longitudinally extended oval shapes, disposed along side of one another in parallel array, and are attached to one another along a common side edge, said ring attachment portion and said clip portion being flat with both lying in the same geometric plane, said clip portion being substantially longer than said ring attachment portion, extending past at least one end of said ring attachment portion;
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• b. clipping said clip portion to the bottom-most page of the multi-page memento and, after opening said rings, slipping said ring retainer portion over said two rings and then closing said rings, attaching the memento to the rings of the scrapbook binder, while allowing the pages of the bottom-most page to be freely folder open, fully exposing both the front and back page portion of each such page, with the movement of said ring attachment portion over the extended length of the shanks of said rings allowing the clipped memento to be moved from one side of the binder to the other side, exposing the back side of the bottom-most side of the back page of the memento to be viewed, thereby allowing all page of the multi-page item to be viewed without removing the retainer clip from the memento or removing the retainer clip from the rings of the scrapbook binder.