A steaming apparatus for an article of footwear includes a steaming chamber adjoined to a plurality of wing portions. The steaming apparatus is configured to accommodate a steam source. The apparatus also includes provisions for securing the article of footwear within the steaming chamber such that a majority of the upper is subjected to steam. Articles of footwear may be placed in the steaming system to help customize the articles of apparel for a user's fit and comfort.

An enclosure is provided for encapsulating an article of footware, the enclosure assembled from a first molded form to cover a portion of the article and a second molded form to cover the rest of the article the forms including interfacing edges assembled together over a vacuum seal to produce an air tight body, the body having a vacuum port enabling a vacuum draw on the air tight body, the vacuum pressure sustained within the air tight body after vacuum disconnect and releasable by a release mechanism.

A storage system for footwear includes two container portions having open mouths formed by container walls. The container portions each include a footwear retainer configured to hold respective articles of footwear. One of the two container portions includes one or more magnets coupled to a peripheral edge of the respective open mouth and the other of the two includes a corresponding ferromagnetic portion configured to mate with the one or more magnets. The one or more magnets selectively hold the open mouths of the container portions together in a biased closure.

A package includes a mildew-resistant bag with a chamber for holding a shoe, and a protective unit for protecting the shoe from moisture or mildew, wherein the protective unit is disposed in the chamber and attached to the mildew-resistant bag at a predetermined position.

A vacuum adapter device is useful for connecting a suction generating device to a garment bag. The device includes at least one conical section. The conical section includes a wide opening configured be connected to one of the suction generating device and the garment bag and a narrow opening connected to a reinforcing feature configured to prevent the narrow opening from collapsing when suction is applied to the device. The conical section is constructed with a flexible polymer material.

The present invention provides, among other things, a clothing and fabric storage container including a heat exchanger operable to reduce the temperature of clothing and fabric located in an interior of the container in order to reduce or eliminate odor causing bacteria from the clothing and fabric. In some embodiments, the container includes a controller. In some such embodiments, the controller operates the heat exchanger to reduce an interior container temperature and to maintain the temperature of the interior of the container below a pre-determined temperature. In some embodiments, the clothing storage device generates cold air inside of the clothing storage device with at least one cooling mechanism that is powered by an electrical cord and plug that is plugged into an electrical wall socket. The clothing storage device is designed to cool the clothing while the clothing is inside the clothing storage device.

A hat container comprises a top component, having a crown portion in communication with a bill portion, as well as a bottom component releasably engaged to the top component. A rear door hingedly engages the crown portion. The top component, bottom component, and rear door define an interior of the hat container, wherein the interior is dimensioned to contain one or more hats. An upper mating component is positioned on the crown portion and a lower mating component is positioned on the bottom portion. Each mating component facilitates stacking of two or more hat containers.

A packaged garment includes a garment and a sealed bag. The garment has a torso portion, a sleeve portion connected to the torso portion, and a leg portion connected to the torso portion. The garment has an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The sealed bag contains the garment with the sleeve portion folded onto the torso portion, a portion of the sleeve portion folded at least once underneath the sleeve portion between the sleeve portion and the torso portion, and the leg portion folded onto the torso portion. The garment is manipulated so that the inner surface of the torso portion faces outward and the torso portion forms an inner space containing the sleeve portion and the leg portion.

A packaged garment includes a garment and a sealed bag. The garment has a torso portion, a sleeve portion connected to the torso portion, and a leg portion connected to the torso portion. The garment has an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The sealed bag contains the garment with the sleeve portion folded onto the torso portion, a portion of the sleeve portion folded at least once underneath the sleeve portion between the sleeve portion and the torso portion, and the leg portion folded onto the torso portion. The garment is manipulated so that the inner surface of the torso portion faces outward and the torso portion forms an inner space containing the sleeve portion and the leg portion.

The wardrobe box comprises a lid a bottom and side walls, comprising also a door at one of its side walls, wherein the lid comprises two hinged sectors engageable to each other. The sectors of the lid comprise preferably complementary flaps engageable to each other, and the door comprises a detachable closing element. This permits to use no additional closing element, such as e.g. adhesive tape, to close the lid and to keep the door closed.