Documents in our library describe KolorMate (Keasbey & Mattison) as “"kolormate" finish on decorative asbestos-cement sheets”.1 They give it as sold from 1962.2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about KolorMate (Keasbey & Mattison) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1961, March 1961
- Description: “"KolorMate" finish on decorative asbestos-cement sheets”, said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 341
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1962-02-21”, said by KEASBEY & MATTISON COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
- Description: “Asbestos and Cement Composition Board, with an Organic or Inorganic Material Integrally Mixed with Said Asbestos and Cement, or with Said Organic or Inorganic Material Applied as a Surface Coating on Said Asbestos and Cement Composition Board, Said Composition Board per se Being Particularly Adaptable for Use for Chalk Boards, Laboratory Table Tops, Window Sills, Countertops, Shelving and Drain Boards”, said by KEASBEY & MATTISON COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
Label: KolorMate tag (Keasbey & Mattison Company), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: February 21, 1962”, said by Nicolet Industries, Inc., as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file3
Kind of product
We list KolorMate (Keasbey & Mattison) 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 Keasbey & Mattison (33)
Century · 'Century' Apac · Ebonized Asbestos · Fluid-Tite · Apac · K & M 103 · K & M 601 · K & M 801 · K & M Aircell · K&M Best in Asbestos · K&M Trafford Tile Asbestos Cement · Kamflex · Linabestos · Linalbestos · Monobestos · No. 701 · Nu-Grain · Promenade Tile · Resistal · Sheetflextos · and 13 more on the company's page
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (350)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · If It'S Supradur It'S Supra-Durable! (Supradur) · Imperial (GAF) · Imperial Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Industrial A-c Board (Philip Carey) · Italit (Eternit, Inc.) · K-board (Nicolet) · Klingerpac (Klinger) · Kolormate (Nicolet) · Kon-x (Nicolet) · Korduct (Johns-Manville) · Linabestos (Asbestos Corp. of America) · Ludlite Paneling (Allegheny Ludlum Steel) · Magna-Tones (Supradur) · Magno (Johns-Manville) · Marimet 45 (Johns-Manville) · and 330 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Keasbey & Mattison: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Keasbey & Mattison on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1961, March 1961 (March 1, 1961), p. 34.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (April 27, 1962). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: KolorMate tag (Keasbey & Mattison Company), Image.
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