Hanging product display packages

A hangable display package including a plastic bag for containing an article of merchandise and a rigid hanger for hangably supporting the bag from a rod or the like, said hanger comprising a hook member and a pair of arms having upper and lower edges disposed below and extending away from the hook in opposite directions, said bag having a closed top formed by superposed layers of a sheet of material forming a front surface and folded to form a flap extending partly in superposed relationship relative to said front surface, another sheet of plastic material forming the rear surface of said bag and being partly disposed intermediate said front surface and said flap in superposed relationship with said front surface, said front surface, rear surface and flap being secured together at common edges defining the sides of the package, a slit formed in the rear surface above the lower edge of the flap to permit an entry into the bag protected by the flap, an upper peripheral edge of the bag defined at the fold, an opening formed in the central portion of said peripheral edge, said hanger being disposed within said bag with said hook projecting outside of the bag through said opening, and the upper edges of said arms abutting said peripheral edge when said hanger supports the bag, and said front surface, rear surface and flap being fixedly joined together at a location above the slit and beneath the lower edges of said arms to secure the hanger in the bag without closing entry through the slit into the bag.