Blanket Sleepers: Past and PresentBlanket Sleepers were brought into the mainstream of society by Whitley Denton; a textile worker in central Michigan, during the 1860's,at the height of the American Civil War as a means for the parents of young children to keep their youngsters (who tend to be active in their sleep),warm when they kick their covers off during the night during the cold winter months. Though the design of the blanket sleeper has barely changed over the past 150