When were school backpacks invented?

Answer 1

School backpacks date from the late 1960s. Before then, some students were using camping packs, and many used buckled bookstraps. College students occasionally used attache cases for books and class papers.

Answer 2

The modern student backpack is only about 44 years old. The first ones were a strap of leather or cloth that was fastened around a stack of books. In 1937 Gerry Outdoors invented the first backpack with a zipper and the mainly for camping, hiking and outdoors recreation. Between the 1930’s and 60’s some kids made use of canvas or leather bags with a single strap. These were called satchels and the big change came when the first lightweight nylon daypack was invented. Gerry outdoors claims to have made the first pack in 1967, but that same year Jansport created their own lightweight nylon daypacks. These evolved into the student backpacks we know today.