Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company)

Documents in our library describe Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) as “industrial safety apparel, as distinguished from ordinary work clothing and hunting clothing-namely, safety gloves, safety mittens, safety spats, safety leggings, safety hand protectors, safety arm protectors, safety sleeves, safety shirts, safety coats, safety jackets, safety capes, safety trousers, safety coveralls, [safety shoes, safety hoods] safety helmets, safety heat veils, safety fire curtains and blankets, all made of either leather, asbestos, or aluminized asbestos, with or without steel reinforcement”.¹ They give it as sold from 1922.¹

What each document says

Every statement about Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) 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 1922-01-01”, said by INDUSTRIAL GLOVES COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Description: “INDUSTRIAL SAFETY APPAREL, AS DISTINGUISHED FROM ORDINARY WORK CLOTHING AND HUNTING CLOTHING-NAMELY, SAFETY GLOVES, SAFETY MITTENS, SAFETY SPATS, SAFETY LEGGINGS, SAFETY HAND PROTECTORS, SAFETY ARM PROTECTORS, SAFETY SLEEVES, SAFETY SHIRTS, SAFETY COATS, SAFETY JACKETS, SAFETY CAPES, SAFETY TROUSERS, SAFETY COVERALLS, [SAFETY SHOES, SAFETY HOODS] SAFETY HELMETS, SAFETY HEAT VEILS, SAFETY FIRE CURTAINS AND BLANKETS, ALL MADE OF EITHER LEATHER, ASBESTOS, OR ALUMINIZED ASBESTOS, WITH OR WITHOUT STEEL REINFORCEMENT”, said by INDUSTRIAL GLOVES COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹

Kind of product

We list Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) with paper, felt and millboard and cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Welders.

See also

• Industrial Gloves Company 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) (October 16, 1956). Not yet published in our library.