WHAT IS IT: Purse hanger, a decorated hook. WHAT IT DOES: Allows women to suspend their purses from a restaurant table or office desk instead of kicking them around on the floor or hanging them on the back of their chairs where passers-by with less-than-honest intentions could easily snag them. A decorated disk lies flat on the table, and leverage from the angled hook keeps it in place when a purse is hung from it. The hook could also hold sunglasses, a shopping bag or an umbrella. Some are engineered to hold as much as 35 pounds.