Where would the kids of the ’80s be without the Trapper Keeper? Though the marvelous invention first arrived in the late 1970s, Mead’s Trapper Keeper is deeply associated with the ’80s and ’90s, ...

Like scrunchies and crushed velvet, trapper keepers aren’t just a fad of the ’90s anymore. Trapper keepers are making a comeback, and there’s a good reason why: they’re one of the most well-researched ...

While no patent on the Trapper Keeper itself appears to exist, patents for those elements do. It is Wyant, not Crutchfield, who is named on the patent for the diagonal folder (US3870223A, granted in ...

DAYTON, Ohio, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Crowded hallways with lockers jammed full of papers, crumpled up Scantrons and study guides. Gnarly fresh wardrobes featuring the latest ripped acid wash ...

E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, died this month at age 85. Remembering the man behind the Trapper Keeper AILSA CHANG, HOST: E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the ...

E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, has died. The Trapper Keeper, as you might recall, was the hot school supply to have in the 1980s. I mean, I had to have one. (SOUNDBITE OF ...