Documents in our library describe Handi-Gard (Gibson-Homans) as “roof cement and roof, wall, and foundation coatings of asphalt, plastic, aluminum, silicone, asbestos and combinations thereof, silicone masonry water repellents, aluminized colored roof coatings, fibred and non-fibred aluminum asphalt roof coatings, aluminum paints, and fibred and non-fibred liquid asphalt roof coatings”.1 They give it as sold from 1957.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Handi-Gard (Gibson-Homans) 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 1957-08-01”, said by GIBSON-HOMANS COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “ROOF CEMENT AND ROOF, WALL, AND FOUNDATION COATINGS OF ASPHALT, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM, SILICONE, ASBESTOS AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF, SILICONE MASONRY WATER REPELLENTS, ALUMINIZED COLORED ROOF COATINGS, FIBRED AND NON-FIBRED ALUMINUM ASPHALT ROOF COATINGS, ALUMINUM PAINTS, AND FIBRED AND NON-FIBRED LIQUID ASPHALT ROOF COATINGS”, said by GIBSON-HOMANS COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
See also
- Gibson-Homans: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Gibson-Homans 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) (October 13, 1958). Not yet published in our library.
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