Documents in our library describe Vanguard (GAF) as “building and construction materials-namely, vinyl siding materials and asbestos-cement facing materials”.1 They give it as sold from 1971.1
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Vanguard (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 1971-10-01”, said by GAF CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS-NAMELY, VINYL SIDING MATERIALS AND ASBESTOS-CEMENT FACING MATERIALS”, said by GAF CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Vanguard (GAF) 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.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by GAF (19)
Watcocell · Imperial · Air Cell · Color-tex · Panelstone · Sponge Felt · Eternit · Stratalite · American Thatch · Clipfast · Dura Shake · Dura-Color · Duracolor · Duroc · Dutch Lap · Eternit Stonewall · Panelbestos · Stoneglow · Stonewall Board
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (364)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Type A Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Unarcoboard (Owens-Corning) · Unarcoboard (Unarco) · Uni-syn Packing (Keasbey & Mattison) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Usg (maker not given) · Usg (U.S. Gypsum) · Veneered Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Vitramic (maker not given) · Vitramic (Ruberoid) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitricel (Philip Carey) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Woodrock (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Woodrock (National Gypsum) · and 344 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (December 3, 1971). Not yet published in our library.
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