Columbia Star (Columbia Wax)

Documents in our library describe Columbia Star (Columbia Wax) as “emulsion type polymer floor preparation for asphalt tile, linoleum, rubber, homogeneous vinyl, vinyl asbestos, cork, and similar resilient floor coverings”.¹ They give it as sold from 1959.¹

What each document says

Every statement about Columbia Star (Columbia Wax) in the documents, in each document's own words.

USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)

• Sold from: “first used in commerce 1959-07-06”, said by COLUMBIA WAX COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Description: “EMULSION TYPE POLYMER FLOOR PREPARATION FOR ASPHALT TILE, LINOLEUM, RUBBER, HOMOGENEOUS VINYL, VINYL ASBESTOS, CORK, AND SIMILAR RESILIENT FLOOR COVERINGS”, said by COLUMBIA WAX COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹

Kind of product

We list Columbia Star (Columbia Wax) with floor tile, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Flooring Installers.

Floor tile by other makers (198)

Excelon (some styles) (Armstrong Cork) · Terraflex (Johns-Manville) · Agate Chip (Kentile) · Debonair (Kentile) · Excelon (Armstrong Cork) · Chandelle (Armstrong Cork) · Chantilly (Kentile) · Cirelle (Flintkote) · Classic Premiere (Flintkote) · Colonial (Philip Carey) · Colonial Stone (Flintkote) · Colonial Wood (GAF) · Constellation (Kentile) · Corktone (Kentile) · Corlon, Aprina (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Mantina (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Norager (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Pirelle (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Serenada (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Tessera (Armstrong Cork) · and 178 more: all floor tile

References

1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (July 31, 1959). Not yet published in our library.