{"product_id":"rolands-last-backpacks","title":"Roland's Last Backpacks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca data-encoded-tag-name=\"meta\" data-encoded-tag-value=\"\" data-encoded-attr-charset=\"VVRGLTg=\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca data-encoded-tag-name=\"meta\" data-encoded-tag-value=\"\" data-encoded-attr-name=\"dmlld3BvcnQ=\" data-encoded-attr-content=\"d2lkdGglM0RkZXZpY2Utd2lkdGglMkMlMjBpbml0aWFsLXNjYWxlJTNEMS4w\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Zilla+Slab:wght@500;600;700\u0026family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700\u0026display=swap');\n\/* ============================================================\n   PRODUKTSEITE — USA Market Co. \/ Roland Kozar\n   Palette identisch zum Advertorial: Papier \/ Anthrazit \/ Ziegelrot \/ Sand.\n   Motiv: Steppnaht statt Ornament. 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font-size: 17px !important; }\n  .prod-hero { padding: 32px 20px !important; }\n  .prod-hero h2 { font-size: 27px !important; }\n  .prod-story-quote { font-size: 19px !important; }\n  .prod-section-title { font-size: 23px !important; }\n  .prod-includes-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr) !important; }\n  .prod-features-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; }\n  .prod-expert { padding: 26px 22px !important; }\n  .prod-specs-table td { padding: 12px 14px !important; font-size: 14px !important; }\n  .prod-perfect-tag { white-space: normal !important; }\n  .prod-band { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr) !important; }\n  .prod-band-cell { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.12) !important; }\n  .prod-band-num { font-size: 22px !important; }\n}\n\n\/* ── Kanten ── *\/\n.prod-hero, .prod-includes-card, .prod-features-card, .prod-expert,\n.prod-guarantee, .prod-note, .prod-specs-table, .prod-list-item,\n.prod-perfect-tag, .prod-list-check, .prod-band {\n  border-radius: 2px !important;\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- Hero --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-hero-eyebrow\"\u003eUSA Market Co. · Pawtucket, Rhode Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSewn on One Floor on Marlow Street\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-hero-subtitle\"\u003eRoland Kozar, 67. His grandfather came over from Moravia in 1929 and took the top floor of the old brick works in 1957 to sew canvas mail sacks. Roland took it over in 1985 and has sewn a little over 70,000 backpacks at the same machine in the forty-one years since. \u003cem\u003eThis is the final run.\u003c\/em\u003e The building sold in the spring and is being converted into forty-four loft residences. There is no floor left to move to, the arthritis in his hands has been getting worse for four years, and there is nobody to hand the work to. He gives back the keys on September 30th.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Countdown band --\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"prod-band\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-band-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-num\"\u003e4,100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-lbl\"\u003eLeft in the final run\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-band-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-num\"\u003e41\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-lbl\"\u003eYears on this floor\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-band-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-num\"\u003e14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-lbl\"\u003eBar-tacked stress points\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-band-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-num\"\u003eSept 30\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-band-lbl\"\u003eKeys go back\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Story Quote --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-story-quote\"\u003e“It started with a complaint. There was a contractor down the road who kept tearing the bottom out of the packs he bought, twice a year, every year, and he came up here to shout at somebody about it. I cut him one out of heavy nylon with a doubled base and put a bar-tack in every seam that carried weight. He came back eleven months later. Not to replace it — to order four more for his crew. I have been cutting that same pattern ever since. Six small changes in forty-one years, and I could tell you what every one of them was and why.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-cite\"\u003e— Roland Kozar, USA Market Co. · Pawtucket, Rhode Island\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Includes --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\"\u003eWhat You Receive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eEverything That Ships With Your Pack\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-includes-icon\"\u003eThe Pack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYour Mill Street Backpack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e45 litres. 18.9″ × 12″ × 11″. 1000D nylon shell, doubled at the base, bar-tacked at fourteen points, hand-fed on the machine one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-includes-icon\"\u003eYour Colour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhatever Is Still on the Shelf\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colours you can pick from are simply the ones that haven’t gone yet. When one runs out it is gone — there is no floor left to cut more on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-includes-icon\"\u003eThe Plate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Numbered Brass Plate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStamped by hand and fitted to the main zipper pull, carrying your pack’s number in the final run of 4,100.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!-- Features --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\"\u003eWhy This One\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eSix Things a Container-Load Pack Cannot Do\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-section-intro\"\u003eAlmost every 45-litre pack on the market is built to hit a landed cost per unit. This one is built to a pattern that has been corrected six times in forty-one years by the man who still sews it. Every difference below follows from that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-num\"\u003e01\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003e1000D Nylon, Doubled Where It Fails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost packs in this class use 600D and a single layer at the base — which is exactly where a loaded bag gets dragged across concrete, thrown in a truck bed and set down on wet ground. The Mill Street uses 1000D throughout and runs two layers across the whole bottom panel. Heavier by a few ounces. Not comparable in service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-num\"\u003e02\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003eThe Test\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLook Where the Strap Meets the Body\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the four-second check, and almost nobody has been shown it. Turn any pack around and look at the top of the shoulder strap where it joins the back panel. A pack built down to a price has one straight run of stitching there. This one has a boxed bar-tack — a dense block of thread stitched back and forth across the joint. Fourteen of them across the pack, at every point the weight actually pulls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-num\"\u003e03\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003eFailure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIt Doesn’t Have an Eight-Month Problem\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheap packs rarely tear in the fabric. They fail at the strap root, usually somewhere around the eight-month mark, and once that joint goes there is nothing sensible to repair. Kozar sews the strap joints himself for exactly this reason. If something on this pack does eventually give out, it will be a zipper or a buckle — both of which are replaceable parts, not the end of the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-num\"\u003e04\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003eThe Fit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIt Sits Right on More Than One Kind of Back\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 45-litre pack sold in one fixed configuration only works properly on the body it was drawn around. This one ships with padded ventilated straps, a sliding sternum strap and a removable waist belt, so the load can be moved off the shoulders and onto the hips. Worn correctly it sits right on anyone from about 5′2″ to 6′5″. Take the belt off entirely and it is a plain city bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-num\"\u003e05\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003eHardware\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eParts That Come Off and Go Back On\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing structural on this pack is glued or heat-welded. Zippers are full-size with knotted cord pulls you can replace with a bootlace if you have to. Buckles are standard sizes you can buy anywhere. The brass plate on the main pull is screwed, not crimped. The design assumption is that you will still own this in fifteen years and occasionally need to fix something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-num\"\u003e06\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003eThe Patch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIt Isn’t a Costume\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flag patch is on hook-and-loop and comes off in about two seconds. Underneath is a plain panel. The webbing on the front and sides is there because it is genuinely useful for hanging a helmet, a wet jacket or a water bottle — and it looks like nothing at all when you hang nothing on it. This is a work bag, not a statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Expert Note --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-kicker\"\u003eRepair Bench Note\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-quote\"\u003e“I have had roughly four thousand packs across this bench and I can tell you what kills them. It is almost never the fabric. It is the joint at the top of the shoulder strap, and it is almost always a single line of stitching that has slowly chewed through the webbing under load. A boxed bar-tack spreads that force across a block instead of a line, and a pack that has them at every load point simply does not come to me for that. The other thing worth paying for is a doubled base — a single-layer bottom is a hole waiting for the right piece of gravel. If somebody hands me a 45-litre bag with 1000D throughout, a doubled bottom and real bar-tacks, I tell them to stop shopping.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-cite\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-expert-name\"\u003eMarisol Reyes\u003c\/span\u003e — Outdoor and workwear gear repair, 19 years · Bellingham, Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Perfect For --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\"\u003eWhere It Ends Up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eBuilt For Ordinary Heavy Use\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-tags\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Daily Commute\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTwelve-Hour Shifts\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCarry-On Travel\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWeekends Away\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eJob Sites\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eDay Hikes\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Gym Bag\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCollege \u0026amp; Campus\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Bag in the Car\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!-- Quality Promise --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\"\u003eQuality Promise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\"\u003eFive Things You Get With Every One\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKozar’s Hands, On Every Single One\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eHe cuts the pattern, sews the shoulder straps, sets the bar-tacks and checks every finished pack himself before it goes in a box. Three to eight people have ever worked this floor at a time — neighbours who run panels and set zippers — and none of them touch the strap joints. Forty-one years, no exceptions.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1000D Nylon Throughout, Two Layers at the Base\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eNot 600D with a reinforcement patch glued over the worst of it. The whole shell is 1000D and the entire bottom panel runs double, because the bottom is what actually meets the ground, the truck bed and the airport floor.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFourteen Bar-Tacks, Fed Through by Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEvery point where the load actually pulls gets a boxed bar-tack, stitched one at a time on a machine somebody is sitting at. This is the first thing cut when a pack is built to a landed cost, and it is the reason the strap root is where cheap bags die.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNothing Structural Is Glued\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eZippers, buckles, cord pulls and the brass plate are all standard, replaceable parts fitted mechanically. If something wears out in year twelve you can change it out yourself instead of buying another bag.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e4,100 Left — Final Run, No Reorders\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eCounted twice, by hand, off the shelf. When the keys go back on September 30th there is no restock, and not for one reason but three: no floor to move the machines to, hands that will not take another year at the bench, and nobody behind him who can run this work. Every pack in the room was sewn while his hands still worked properly.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Guarantee --\u003e\u003c!-- Workshop Note --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-note-title\"\u003eA Note From the Floor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKozar checks every pack and pulls on the straps before it ships. Small differences — a bar-tack sitting a fraction off centre, a stitch line that wanders by a hair, a shade that came off a slightly different roll of nylon — are normal in work that is fed through a machine by a person rather than indexed by one. People occasionally write in to apologise for pointing this out, which he finds funny. It isn’t a fault; it is the evidence. The count runs to 4,100, and then it stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Specs --\u003e\u003csection class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\"\u003eThe Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24px !important;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 24px !important;\"\u003eProduct Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs-table mce-item-table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCapacity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e45 litres\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.9″ H × 12″ W × 11″ D (48 × 30.6 × 28 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1000D nylon throughout; bottom panel doubled. No 600D panels, no glued-on reinforcement patches.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCut by hand on the table, sewn on walking-foot machines, fourteen boxed bar-tacks at every load-bearing point. Nothing automated, nothing indexed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhatever is still on the shelf. The live selection is shown at checkout — sold-out colours are not restocked.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCarry System\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePadded ventilated shoulder straps, sliding sternum strap, removable waist belt. Fits roughly 5′2″ to 6′5″.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLaptop\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePadded sleeve to 17″, plus a separate lined tablet pocket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFront \u0026amp; Sides\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFull webbing grid for attaching gear — or nothing. Flag patch is hook-and-loop and removable.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFull-size zippers with knotted cord pulls, standard-size buckles, screwed brass plate. All replaceable.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTravel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWithin carry-on dimensions for most U.S. domestic flights\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSponge with mild soap and cold water, air dry. Do not machine wash, do not tumble dry, do not iron the webbing.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVariation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFed through the machine by hand — bar-tack placement and shade vary slightly between packs. No two are identical.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoland Kozar — USA Market Co., Marlow Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Floor taken by his grandfather in 1957; Roland sewing this pattern since 1985.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade To Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA little over 70,000 packs since 1985, all from the same floor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinal Run\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4,100 remaining — no reorders. No floor to move to, no hands left for another year, and no successor. Keys go back September 30th.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSold By\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUSA Market Co. — the only place these are sold. Copies on the marketplaces carry no numbered brass plate.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"USA Market Co.","offers":[{"title":"Mill Black","offer_id":48025383927913,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Coyote Tan","offer_id":48025383960681,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Signal Red","offer_id":48025383993449,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Field Olive","offer_id":48025384026217,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Blush","offer_id":48025384058985,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Mint","offer_id":48025384091753,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bone","offer_id":48025384124521,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Cobalt","offer_id":48025384157289,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2228\/5161\/files\/hf_20260819_095846_800x800_6249273e-5b70-4108-a867-657a68bd2641.png?v=1788965521","url":"https:\/\/usamarketco.com\/products\/rolands-last-backpacks","provider":"USA Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}