It was the heyday of industrial stitching in Seattle, often with an outdoors bent, from Therm-a-Rest sleeping pads to JanSport backpacks ... zeal for entrepreneurial big ideas.

So we, the Chronicle’s restaurant critics, grabbed our Jansport backpacks, put on our cleanest ... this would be pleasing to a kid’s palate. You can tell that the chicken would be dry if ...

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

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.

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

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.

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport, designed a widely imitated dome tent, and created a durable but lightweight backpack that ...

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport ... bags on the back of ...