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 ...

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

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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.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for an FTC investigation into companies selling school supplies advertised as bulletproof.

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

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