comfort & organization type private llc industry fashion retail wholesale founded 2006 founder ian ivarson headquarters san francisco california united states area served north america south africa europe & asia pacific products backpacks bags owner ivarson usa llc website www.ivarpack.com ivar also known as ivar backpacks and ivar packs is a brand of backpacks known for their patented main compartment ergonomic shelving design . the shelf design concept was created originally by ian ivarson in 1998 who was a high school student at the time . following graduation from college ivarson launched ivar in july 2006 from marin county california . company background edit in 1998 an entrepreneurial ian ivarson conceived and designed an internal shelf system for backpacks with an aim to create better organization and weight distribution ergonomics . at the time ivarson was a high school student at marin catholic in kentfield california . early prototypes were developed with a sewer in berkeley california and eventually progressed to direct relationships with unionized factories in asia . during early development ivarson also filed for patents . until the actual launch of ivar development of the ivar shelf system backpacks was slow as ivarson was a college student and student athlete during most that time . following graduation from the university of denver ivarson launched ivar in july 2006 with one single daypack model from an office and warehouse on bank street in san anselmo california . today the ivar company has evolved with more models supported by a network of professionals . while ivar product is sold via nearly all retail channels it s considered a specialty item given its limited distribution . ivar is sold in an array of brick and mortar retailers in the sporting goods outdoor luggage and bookstore categories . the ivar shelf system is patented protected under no. 6474524 . ivarson usa llc formed in california in april 2002 is the owner of ivar . the company is supported by and managed according to their website by a network of designers and business development professionals . external links edit are infotech ivar backpacks official website san rafael man touts design of more efficient backpack marin independent journal leaders of the packs help kids choose wisley the denver post ivar facebook page resource retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ivar brand & oldid 723457587 categories companies based in marin county californialuggage brandsmanufacturing companies based in californiaamerican brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 04 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view