Recent innovations include multi-colored plastic-coated paper clips and spring-fastened binder clips.

And the binder clips are too bulky.

A broken binder clip.

A rubber band or binder clip can be used in an emergency.

A binder clip is a strip of spring steel bent into the shape of an isosceles triangle with loops at the apex.

There are several sizes of binder clips, ranging from a base size of to .

The binder clip is in common use in the modern office.

These earliest binder clips are stamped 'L.E.B.' on one side of the sheet steel.

A binder clip becomes an instant photo holder using scraps of paper and leftover embellishments.

Adhere paper to binder clip and add embellishments.