For any child of the ’70s or ’80s, it’s hard not to get a bit nostalgic about the Trapper Keeper. A Trapper Keeper wasn’t just a prepubescent productivity tool; it was a right of passage. You’d grown ...

Remember the Trapper Keeper? Part binder, part filing system with Velcro closures and unique designs, the original Trapper Keeper by Mead was a classroom icon of the ’80s and ’90s. While the Trapper ...

While no patent on the Trapper Keeper itself appears to exist, patents for those elements do. It is Wyant, not Crutchfield, who is named on the patent for the diagonal folder (US3870223A, granted in ...

Like scrunchies and crushed velvet, trapper keepers aren’t just a fad of the ’90s anymore. Trapper keepers are making a comeback, and there’s a good reason why: they’re one of the most well-researched ...