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

We asked our Grown and Flown community of 290,000 parents what backpacks their teens love and then did our research into their most popular answers. While we focused on styles that teen girls and ...

My choice was Jansport, but there were options. Colors, patterns, sizes. I wanted to show up for the new school year with the right backpack. It’s something that took more mind-space than I care to ...

After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks served them on life’s journeys.

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

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.

But JanSport became better known for its school backpacks than its alpine gear. The company was widely credited with helping ...

In the late 1960s, Murray and his girlfriend Jan Lewis founded JanSport (see what they did there?), a local manufacturer of recreation equipment such as backpacks, tents and sleeping bags.

CGM Tested out some backpacks built for smaller frames, aimed to bring you some of the best backpacks for women!