Mule-Hide (Lehon)

Documents in our library describe Mule-Hide (Lehon) as “[ asphalt roofing in rolls and sheets, asphalt roofing shingles, asbestos shingles, asphalt roofing strips, waterproof insulating and sheathing paper, waterproof insulating and sheathing fabrics, ] plastic roof coatings, [ mastic flooring, mastic building compounds, and asphalt flooring in rolls, fabric base, ]”.¹ They give it as sold from 1908.¹

What each document says

Every statement about Mule-Hide (Lehon) 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 1908”, said by LEHON COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Sold from: “first used in commerce 1908-09”, said by LEHON COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Description: “[ ASPHALT ROOFING IN ROLLS AND SHEETS, ASPHALT ROOFING SHINGLES, ASBESTOS SHINGLES, ASPHALT ROOFING STRIPS, WATERPROOF INSULATING AND SHEATHING PAPER, WATERPROOF INSULATING AND SHEATHING FABRICS, ] PLASTIC ROOF COATINGS, [ MASTIC FLOORING, MASTIC BUILDING COMPOUNDS, AND ASPHALT FLOORING IN ROLLS, FABRIC BASE, ]”, said by LEHON COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Description: “CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS-VIZ., [ ASBESTOS SHINGLES, ASBESTOS SIDING, ] [ASPHALT FLOORING IN ROLLS, FABRIC BASE,] ASPHALT ROOFING IN ROLL AND SHEETS, [ASPHALT ROOFING SHINGLES,] [ ASPHALT ROOFING STRIPS, MASTIC FLOORING, MASTIC BUILDING COMPOUNDS, ] PLASTIC ROOF COATINGS OF ASPHALTIC BASE, RUBBER ROOFING, [WATERPROOF INSULATING AND SHEATHING PAPER,] [ WATERPROOF INSULATING AND SHEATHING FABRICS, ] [ASPHALT,] ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; [ASPHALT] [ BITUMIN, AND TAR ] [TREATED FABRICS, FELTS, AND PAPER FOR ROOFING, SIDING,] [ FLOORING, ] [WATERPROOFING, BUILDING, INSULATION, AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES; ASPHALT BUILT-UP ROOFS, ASPHALT FELT,] [ ASPHALT AND BURLAP FABRICS, ASPHALT SATURATED COTTON MEMBRANE AND BURLAP USED IN WATERPROOFING CONCRETE BRIDGES, TUNNELS, ETC., ASPHALT SLATER'S FELT, ASPHALT SATURATED AND COATED BURLAP, ] [ASPHALT SATURATED AND COATED WATERPROOF CANVAS,] ASPHALT COATINGS AND CEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES, [ ASPHALTIC CAR CEMENTS, STRUCTURAL CEMENTS, ROAD CEMENTS ASPHALT IMPREGNATED BRATTICE CLOTH, ASPHALT SATURATED AND COATED BURLAP-BACK CAR ROOFING, ] [ ASPHALT SATURATED CANVAS CAR ROOFING, ] ASPHALT SATURATED CANVAS, DUCK, FELT, BURLAP AND PLASTIC ROOFINGS, CANVAS-TOP PORCH AND DECK ROOFING, [ ASPHALT SATURATED AND COATED FELT CAP SHEETS FOR ROOFS,] [ ASPHALT SATURATED AND COATED FELT CAR FLOORING, ASPHALT SATURATED PAPER AND FABRIC HOUSE AND ROOF LININGS, INSULATED SIMULATED BRICK SIDING, INSULATION, MATS, ] [FIBER BOARD INSULATION,] [ PLASTER BOARD, RED ROSIN SHEATING PAPER, ] ASPHALTIC ROOF COATINGS AND CEMENTS, [ROOFING (PREPARED, READY, OR RUBBER) IN] ROLLS, [SHINGLES,] SHEETS, AND STRIPS, [ASPHALT SATURATED ROOF TAPE] [, ASPHALT SATURATED ROAD PACKERS, FELT FOR EXPANSION JOINTS, STEP AND STAIR TREADS OF ASPHALT SATURATED FELT BASE MATERIAL COATED WITH ASPHALTIC MATERIAL AND GRIT, ASPHALT SATURATED AND COATED WATERPROOF CANVAS FOR ROOFS OF VEHICLES AND FOR PORCH AND DECK, FOR CAB CURTAINS, FOR CARD HOLDER COVERS, FOR CANVAS SILL COVERS, FOR FELT SILL COVERS, FOR INSPECTION CAR CURTAINS ]”, said by LEHON COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹

Kind of product

We list Mule-Hide (Lehon) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, paper, felt and millboard, cloth, tape and other textiles, floor tile and refractories, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Boilermakers, Flooring Installers, Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Carpenters and Construction Workers, Refractory Bricklayers, Roofers.

References

1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (May 4, 1927). Not yet published in our library.