Documents in our library describe John Bull (Elliott Glove) as “leather and asbestos apparel-namely, welding gloves, welding mittens, spats, knee leggings, hip leggings, splitleg aprons, waist aprons, bib aprons, sleeves, cape sleeves, and coats for use by welders and other industrial workers”.1 They give it as sold from 1960.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about John Bull (Elliott Glove) 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 1960-07-20”, said by ELLIOTT GLOVE CO., INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “LEATHER AND ASBESTOS APPAREL-NAMELY, WELDING GLOVES, WELDING MITTENS, SPATS, KNEE LEGGINGS, HIP LEGGINGS, SPLITLEG APRONS, WAIST APRONS, BIB APRONS, SLEEVES, CAPE SLEEVES, AND COATS FOR USE BY WELDERS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL WORKERS”, said by ELLIOTT GLOVE CO., INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “aluminized asbestos-backed gloves” (as of 1975), p. 872
Kind of product
We list John Bull (Elliott Glove) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Welders.
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (299)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Industrial No. 225-14 (Industrial Glove) · Inslgard (H. K. Porter) · Insulag (Quigley) · Insutape (Unarco) · Jaxcolite (Jackson, Gordon C.) · JB 1000A (Elliot Glove) · Jewett (Johns-Manville) · Johns-Manville Jm (Johns-Manville) · K&M Best in Asbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kamklad (Keasbey & Mattison) · Karnak (Lewis Asphalt Engineering) · Kay NM Tape (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kearsarge (Johns-Manville) · Kelnit (Keller Glove) · Laminglas (Facile) · and 279 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (September 8, 1965). Not yet published in our library.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 87. Not yet published in our library.
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