Documents in our library describe Fiberock (Philip Carey) as “asphalt impregnated asbestos felt for building construction purposes”.1 They give it as sold from 1926.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Fiberock (Philip Carey) 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 1926-07-01”, said by PHILIP CAREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “ASPHALT IMPREGNATED ASBESTOS FELT FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES”, said by PHILIP CAREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “85% asbestos roofing with asphalt saturant” (as of 1950s, 1969), p. 752
Label: FIBEROCK ASPHALT IMPREGNATED ASBESTOS FELT (Carey)
- Asbestos content: “ASBESTOS FELT”, p. 13
Kind of product
We list Fiberock (Philip Carey) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Philip Carey (31)
Aircel · Excel · Carey Duct · Defendex · Fireclad · Asbestos Paper Tape · Asbestoseal · Base Sheet · Black Top Asbestos · Carey · Carocel · Double Sanded Asbestos · Fiberock Asbestos Felt · Fiberock Cap Sheet · Fireguard · Fireguard Jacketing · Grosscell · No. 15 Fiberock · No. 15 Tar Fiberock · No. 30 Fiberock · and 11 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (268)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Doublex (Johns-Manville) · Duplex (Nicolet/Keasbey & Mattison) · Durestos (maker not given) · E-511 (Ruberoid) · E-515 (Ruberoid) · E-p (Eagle-Picher) · Engineers Insulating Tape (Johns-Manville) · Fibroid (Johns-Manville) · Filawound (Spaulding Fibre) · Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Fireclad (Celotex) · Firefly 800 (TBA Industrial Products, Turner & Newall) · Firetard (Johns-Manville) · Flamegard (H. K. Porter) · Flexstone Mineral Surface Cap Sheet (Johns-Manville) · and 248 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Philip Carey: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Philip Carey 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) (May 5, 1948). Not yet published in our library.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 75. Not yet published in our library.
- Label: FIBEROCK ASPHALT IMPREGNATED ASBESTOS FELT (Carey), p. 1.
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