ent on , ▁an ▁employee ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁who ▁created ▁the ▁original ▁design ▁on ▁which ▁its ▁product ▁line ▁was ▁based . ▁The ▁app ell ation ▁of ▁" Do ctor " ▁was ▁a ▁market ing ▁g imm ick , ▁intended ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁impression ▁that ▁the ▁gar ments ▁were ▁designed ▁( and ▁implicitly ▁end ors ed ) ▁by ▁a ▁medical ▁doctor . ▁ ▁In ▁another ▁version , ▁according ▁to ▁Elli ott ▁Sau nd ers , ▁a ▁V P ▁with ▁Car roll s ▁Man ufact uring , ▁who ▁owned ▁the ▁Dr . ▁D ent on ' s ▁brand ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 – 8 0 s , ▁the ▁gar ment ▁was ▁invent ed ▁by ▁Frank ▁D ent on , ▁whose ▁nick name ▁was ▁" Doc ". ▁He ▁se wed ▁so cks ▁to ▁the ▁ends ▁of ▁his ▁children ' s ▁kn itted ▁p aj am as ▁or ▁long ▁j oh ns ▁for ▁them ▁to ▁sleep ▁in ▁during ▁the ▁cold ▁northern ▁winter s . ▁ ▁Pat ents ▁▁▁ ▁: ▁" S leep ing - G ar ment " ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁▁ ▁Bl ank et ▁sle eper ▁ ▁Category : N ight we ar <0x0A> </s> ▁Aber de en ▁Mar itime ▁Museum ▁is ▁a ▁mar itime ▁museum ▁in ▁Aber de en , ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁The ▁museum ▁is ▁situated ▁on ▁the ▁historic ▁Sh ip row ▁in ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁near ▁the ▁har bour . ▁It ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁buildings ▁including ▁a ▁former ▁church ▁and ▁Prov ost ▁Ross '