Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

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He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

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

Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students ...

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...