Italit (Eternit, Inc.)

Documents in our library describe Italit (Eternit, Inc.) as “building materials made principally from asbestos-cement and fibro-cement-namely, tubes, pipes, channels, conduits, and fittings for same, eaves, down-spouts, chimney flues, sheets or plates including corrugated sheets for building construction, receptacles, and flower pots”.¹ They give it as sold from 1950.¹

What each document says

Every statement about Italit (Eternit, Inc.) 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 1950-03”, said by ETERNIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Description: “BUILDING MATERIALS MADE PRINCIPALLY FROM ASBESTOS-CEMENT AND FIBRO-CEMENT-NAMELY, TUBES, PIPES, CHANNELS, CONDUITS, AND FITTINGS FOR SAME, EAVES, DOWN-SPOUTS, CHIMNEY FLUES, SHEETS OR PLATES INCLUDING CORRUGATED SHEETS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, RECEPTACLES, AND FLOWER POTS”, said by ETERNIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹

Kind of product

We list Italit (Eternit, Inc.) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.

See also

• Eternit, Inc.: the company's documents, people, products and plants

References

1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (July 5, 1956). Not yet published in our library.