"JanSport is an American brand name of knapsacks, now owned by VF Firm, one of the world's biggest clothing business. The company was founded in 1967 in Seattle, Washington by Murray Pletz, his partner Janice "" Jan"" Lewis (for whom the company is called), and his cousin Miss Yowell. JanSport introduced with a panel-loading daypack, unlike traditional top-loading packs. In 1975 it presented the very first exchangeable travel pack as well as its trademark daypack. [3] In 1986, VF acquired JanSport's then moms and dad, Blue Bell.

The business's corporate headquarters is currently based in Alameda, California, at VF Outdoor head office where it shares workplaces with local brother or sisters Napapijri and The North Face. Its distribution center in Everett, Washington because 1971, closed March 2012. JanSport also has awarehouse in Appleton, Wisconsin which houses its college garments department. [4] JanSport is the world's biggest knapsack manufacturer, and also together, JanSport and The North Face offer almost fifty percent of all small backpacks sold in the USA.

JanSport started by establishing the exterior frame knapsack, which used a steel structure with a fabric packsack connected to it; the products made consist of technical day packs and interior framework backpacks. Up until the early 1990s, all JanSport packs were made in the United States."