Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his future wife (Jan, the company’s namesake).

Then, when your arm ... backpack and a tote: simply pull up on the straps when you want to wear it on your shoulder, or pull down on both side straps to convert it into a backpack. Best for school ...

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

Top row from the left: shoes from the spring/summer 2025 runways of Fendi and Louis Vuitton. Bottom row from the left: shoes ...

The father came to the school while police were on the scene and explained how his son came into possession of the firearm. The father said there were two similar looking backpacks inside the vehicle ...

Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.

HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks that can be used as makeshift ...

“[I] saw about a dozen kids walking with their backpacks straddled under their arm from the straps ... backpacks are just one of the measures they take to ensure school safety.

The weeklong book-bag ban in Madison Parish followed a recent spate of shootings in Tallulah, the parish seat, that left one person ... Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the ...

A 13-year-old has been charged with making terroristic threats after an incident at a school in Kenosha, Wisconsin Thursday.

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school ... stiff, one-size-fits-all wooden frames of traditional hiking backpacks.