Documents in our library describe Tanglewood (Kentile) as “vinyl asbestos tile”.1 They give it as sold from 1967.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Tanglewood (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 1967-06-08”, said by KENTILE FLOORS INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “VINYL ASBESTOS TILE”, said by KENTILE FLOORS INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Tanglewood (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 · Holland Tile · Marbleized · Moonstone · Parkchester · Pavana · Ribandel · Sand Pebbles · Terrazo Pastels · Textured Woodgrain · Touch-Down · Travertine · Wedge-Stone · Woodgrain · Alcazar · Arch-Series · 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) · Stone Chip (Flintkote) · Stone Mosaic (GAF) · Stoneglow (GAF) · Stoneglow (Ruberoid) · Strip-N-Lay (GAF) · Styletone (Armstrong Cork) · Sure-Stik (GAF) · Taza (Flintkote) · Terrazo Originals (Azrock Floor Products) · Thermafoam (Johns-Manville) · Thru Chip (GAF) · Tile-tex (Flintkote) · Tile-Tex Marbleized (Flintkote) · Travatex, Excelon (Armstrong Cork) · Travertine (American Biltrite Rubber) · 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
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (July 7, 1967). Not yet published in our library.
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