DR. DENTON

'Dr. Denton' or 'Dr. Denton's' is a (historically) well-known
American brand of blanket sleepers, formerly manufactured
by the 'Dr. Denton Sleeping Garment Mills' of Centreville, Michigan.
The company was founded in 1865, originally as the Michigan Central Woolen Company,
and from the late 19th Century through the first half of the 20th Century was
probably the single best-known manufacturer of blanket sleepers in the
United States. The brand was so well-known that ''Dr. Dentons'' became (and remains
today) a genericized trademark. The trademark has since changed hands several
times, but has remained in sporadic use by various corporate entities into recent
years.
The name ''Dr. Denton'' derives from Whitley Denton, an employee of the company
who created the original design on which its product line was based. The
appellation of "Doctor" was a marketing gimmick, intended to give the
impression that the garments were designed (and implicitly endorsed) by a
medical doctor.

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Patents

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Patents

★ : "Sleeping-Garment"

See also

★ Blanket sleeper