A repositionable closet bar for hanging clothes includes an elongate rigid bar having distal, proximal and intermediate sections, wherein the distal section has an upward-facing surface for engaging a bottom surface of a closet shelf, wherein the intermediate section has an upward-facing surface that is convex for receiving and supporting a hook of a clothes hanger, wherein the proximal section has an upward-facing surface that extends radially outward beyond at least a portion of the convex surface of the intermediate section, and wherein the elongate rigid bar further includes a downward-facing surface for engaging a top surface of a closet rod. The repositionable closet bar may optionally further include a hook extending from a proximal end, a first compressible gripping pad for engaging the bottom surface of the closet shelf and/or a second compressible gripping pad for engaging the top surface of the closet rod.

A device and system for a simplified electricity-free drying hanger system for air drying clothes, garments, fabric or other items. The arms of the hanger are removable and can be stored in a vertical orientation when not in use. The hanging support can swivel and allow the arms to be oriented an angle to the vertical axis. A hub can be configured to receive, secure, and rapidly disengage at least two separation arms both during storage or active use, and may connect further self-storing with accessories. A plurality of electricity-free drying hangers may nest by hanging the mounting swiveling rod on a nesting support structure that sprouts from the hub and create a cascade of hangers.

A clothes hanger includes a shoulder sleeve frame supporting a garment, a hook connected to the shoulder sleeve to hang on an external point, a light emitting device mounted on a top center portion of the sleeve frame, and a motion sensor communicating with the light emitting device to enable the light emitting device when external motion occurs.

A clothes hanger includes a shoulder sleeve frame supporting a garment, a hook connected to the shoulder sleeve to hang on an external point, a light emitting device mounted on a top center portion of the sleeve frame, and a motion sensor communicating with the light emitting device to enable the light emitting device when external motion occurs.

Garments or footwear with active temperature control include one or more heating or cooling elements, one or more batteries, and one or more power receivers. Circuitry of the garment of footwear is configured to control the delivery of power to the one or more heating or cooling elements to heat or cool one or more portions of the garment associated with the one or more heating or cooling elements.

A product management system includes a product management apparatus, a product wireless tag provided on the product and into which a product identifier indicating the product is written, a tool wireless tag provided on a holding tool for holding the product and into which a tool identifier indicating the holding tool is written, a display zone communication apparatus provided in a display zone in which at least one set of the product and the holding tool is disposed and having a wireless tag reader for reading the product identifier from the product wireless tag and reading the tool identifier from the tool wireless tag. The display zone communication apparatus transmits both the product identifier and the tool identifier read by the wireless tag reader to the product management apparatus. The product management apparatus links the holding tool and the product held by the holding tool with each other.

A hanger is provided which supports long garments securely and easily in half or less length than the garment would occupy hanging on a conventional hanger. Such a garment hanger comprises: a primary support including a hook and elements arranged to suspend a top portion of a garment; an auxiliary support including a bar for suspending the bottom portion of the garment, shortening a total length of the garment thus supported; and the primary support and the auxiliary support including cooperative, non-locking elements detachably suspending the auxiliary support from the primary support with the bar close to the primary support.

Embodiments pertain to a storage system for securely storing a plurality of garment bags in a publicly accessible area, comprising: at least one frame structure, wherein the at least one frame structure comprises a plurality of item hanging hardware mechanisms for receiving items for storage, and a plurality of garment bags comprising receptacles that are non-removably coupled, in a suspending manner, from the frame structure, and fasteners for opening and closing the respective receptacles, wherein each one of the fasteners operably cooperates with a lock mechanism of the storage system for selectively securing the fastener in a closed position and for unsecuring the fastener for allowing the fastener to be set from the closed into an open position; an alarm system that is operably coupled with the plurality of receptacles and, when armed, provides an output responsive to detecting that the structural integrity of the receptacle is compromised; and an output module to indicate a user located in the publicly accessible area which one of the garment bags have an item stored therein and which not, to indicate to the user which of the plurality of item storage devices is available for storing items therein.

A display hanger for slides includes a body member and a holder configured to be integrally connected to the body member. The body member includes a display hanger hook, an elongated central member connected to the display hanger hook, and opposed first and second shoulders connected to the central member. Each of the first and second shoulders extends laterally from a lower end of the central member and extends downwardly such that a holder space is formed between the first and second shoulders. The holder has parallel first and second longitudinal side walls and parallel first and second transverse side walls. The longitudinal side walls and transverse side walls are integrally connected to each other to form a generally rectangular frame having an open space in the middle. The display hanger further includes an elastic cord for keeping the slides with the display hanger while a customer tries them on.

A stackable hanger includes a main body having a hook portion; and a clip portion that extends downwardly from the main body and includes an opening defined by a bottom edge of the main body, first and second side walls, and a connector wall that connects and extends between bottom ends of the first and second side walls. The clip portion has a flexible clip that protrudes outwardly from the connector wall and has an angled wall that overlies at least a portion of the opening and is configured to flex outwardly away from the first and second side walls.