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Benjamin Ralph Rugen received US Patent No. 2,260,196 on October 21, 1941, filed March 10, 1941. It was assigned to Ruberoid Co.
The patent's description opens (from the scanned text):
This invention relates to an improved siding adapted for use on the sidewalls of a building, or as a re-siding over wood shingles, clapb-oard or other material, to form an outer covering of brick-like appearance, and more particularly to a siding element of this type made of a single piece of asbestos-cement, or the like, of uniform thickness having offset brick-like portions.
- Author
- Benjamin Ralph Rugen
- Published by
- US Patent Office
- Series
- US Patent No. 2,260,196
- Date
- October 21, 1941
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 23658 · asbestosclaims.law/library/23658
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Where it was listed
- Asbestos, January 1942, in its patents department (the year's issues)
Cite this document
Benjamin Ralph Rugen. “Siding (US Patent 2,260,196, 1941).” October 21, 1941. US Patent No. 2,260,196. US Patent Office. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 23658. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/23658.
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