“We rolled it out, and it was just like a rocket,” E. Bryant Crutchfield once said of his invention, the Trapper Keeper. Crutchfield died recently at 85, according to multiple reports.
The Trapper Keeper, first invented by Crutchfield for employer Mead Corp. in the late 1970s, rose to become one of the most iconic school supplies for middle school and high school students. It had "trappers," or folders, to hold papers, which were then held in place by a set of rings in the "keeper," which could be closed with a snap or patch of Velcro.
After more research and focus groups, Crutchfield developed the Trapper Keeper — launched in 1978. It quickly became a hit and continued to be throughout the next decade and into the 1990s. To date, more than 75 million Trapper Keepers have been sold since its introduction, according to Mead, which is now owned by parent company ACCO Brands. Mead still sellsCrutchfield spent 34 years of his career at the Mead Paper Corp., based in Dayton, Ohio, according to, citing his obituary. He then worked another 10 years at Georgia Pacific before retiring, the newspaper said.
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