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Agate Chip (Kentile)

Documents in our library describe Agate Chip (Kentile) as “vinyl asbestos floor and wall tile”.1 They give it as sold from 1936.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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How Agate Chip (Kentile) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.

What each document says

Every statement about Agate Chip (Kentile) 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 1962-04-10”, said by KENTILE, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “VINYL ASBESTOS FLOOR AND WALL TILE”, said by KENTILE, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1

Label: Kentile Vinyl Asbestos Tile, Agate Chip, No. 8 (Kentile Floors Inc.), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: July 10, 1936”, said by David E. Kennedy, Inc., as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
  • Asbestos content: “VINYL ASBESTOS TILE”, p. 12
  • Description: “vinyl asbestos tile” (as of 1969), p. 513

Labels: Kentile vinyl asbestos tile (Cobblesque, Rutland Slate, Agate Chip, Debonair)

  • Asbestos content: “VINYL ASBESTOS TILE; VINYL ASBESTOS TILE; VINYL ASBESTOS TILE”, p. 14

Kind of product

We list Agate Chip (Kentile) 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 Kentile (30)

Debonair · Au Naturel · Chantilly · Corktone · Marbleized · Tanglewood · Terrazo Pastels · Textured Woodgrain · Touch-Down · Travertine · Wedge-Stone · Woodgrain · Alcazar · Arch-Series · Architectural Criterion · Architectural Marbles · Au Natural · Avanti · Beaushard · Beaux Arts · and 10 more on the company's page

Floor tile by other makers (168)

Excelon (some styles) (Armstrong Cork) · Terraflex (Johns-Manville) · Excelon (Armstrong Cork) · Marrakech (Johns-Manville) · Bouquet (Johns-Manville) · Wards Cat. No. 41832 (Montgomery Ward) · Wards Style House Cat. No. 4190R (Montgomery Ward) · Wards Style House Cat. No. 4191R (Montgomery Ward) · Windsor Brick (GAF) · Woodflex (Flintkote) · Zip Stik (American Biltrite) · "Not A Kick In A Million Feet" (Lehon) · Alabaster (GAF) · Aland (Flintkote) · Altro (Adamite Company) · American Sampler Prismatic Collection (GAF) · Amtico (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Baronette (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Brick (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Chalet (American Biltrite) · and 148 more: all floor tile

See also

  • Kentile: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
  • Kentile 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) (May 7, 1962). Not yet published in our library.
  2. Label: Kentile Vinyl Asbestos Tile, Agate Chip, No. 8 (Kentile Floors Inc.), Image.
  3. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 51. Not yet published in our library.
  4. Labels: Kentile vinyl asbestos tile (Cobblesque, Rutland Slate, Agate Chip, Debonair), p. 1.

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