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Astrolan (GAF)

Documents in our library describe Astrolan (GAF) as “plastic-asbestos floor tiles”.1 They give it as sold from 1961.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked with or around Astrolan (GAF) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the G-I Holdings (GAF) asbestos trust. Free case review.

What each document says

Every statement about Astrolan (GAF) 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 1961-12”, said by RUBEROID CO., THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “PLASTIC-ASBESTOS FLOOR TILES”, said by RUBEROID CO., THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “plastic asbestos floor tiles”, p. 602

Kind of product

We list Astrolan (GAF) 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.

Other floor tile by GAF (33)

Vinylflex · Windsor Brick · Alabaster · American Sampler Prismatic Collection · Antigua · Stoneglow · Strip-N-Lay · Sure-Stik · Thru Chip · Travertine · Venetian Marble · Vinylflex Taj Mahal · Casablanca · Colonial Wood · Fashioncraft · Marbleized · Maticove · Ming · Mini Chip · Monticello · and 13 more on the company's page

Floor tile by other makers (165)

Excelon (some styles) (Armstrong Cork) · Terraflex (Johns-Manville) · Agate Chip (Kentile) · Debonair (Kentile) · Excelon (Armstrong Cork) · Amtico, Tijuana (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Travertine (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Valley Stone (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Yosemite (American Biltrite) · Arch-Series (Kentile) · Architectural Criterion (Kentile) · Architectural Marbles (Kentile) · Au Natural (Kentile) · Au Naturel (Kentile) · Avanti (Kentile) · Azrock (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Aegean Stone (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Carpet Tone Metallics (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Embossed Woods (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Florentine (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · and 145 more: all floor tile

See also

  • GAF: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
  • GAF on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

  1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (February 12, 1962). Not yet published in our library.
  2. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 60. Not yet published in our library.

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