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Architectural Criterion (Kentile)

Documents in our library describe Architectural Criterion (Kentile) as “vinyl asbestos tile for walls and flooring”.1 They give it as sold from 1968.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Architectural Criterion (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 1968-03-29”, said by KENTILE FLOORS INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “VINYL ASBESTOS TILE FOR WALLS AND FLOORING”, said by KENTILE FLOORS INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “vinyl asbestos floors” (as of 1969), p. 552

Kind of product

We list Architectural Criterion (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)

Agate Chip · Debonair · Au Naturel · Chantilly · Corktone · Textured Woodgrain · Touch-Down · Travertine · Wedge-Stone · Woodgrain · Alcazar · Arch-Series · Architectural Marbles · Au Natural · Avanti · Beaushard · Beaux Arts · Brookstone · Constellation · Eerkshire · 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) · Amtico, Seville (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Stony Brook (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Tijuana (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Travertine (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Valley Stone (American Biltrite) · Amtico, Yosemite (American Biltrite) · Antigua (GAF) · Astrolan (GAF) · Azrock (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Aegean Stone (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Carpet Tone Metallics (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Embossed Woods (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Florentine (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Inlaid Marbles (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · Azrock, Kingston (Unalde Rock Asphalt) · 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) (April 11, 1968). Not yet published in our library.
  2. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 55. Not yet published in our library.

Cite this page

“Architectural Criterion (Kentile).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/kentile-architectural-criterion.

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