Documents in our library describe Ablatube (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “tubes of either woven or braided metallic or plain asbestos reinforced with an impregnant or coating for use as a protective covering”.1 They give it as sold from 1963.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Ablatube (Raybestos-Manhattan) 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 1963-12-24”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “TUBES OF EITHER WOVEN OR BRAIDED METALLIC OR PLAIN ASBESTOS REINFORCED WITH AN IMPREGNANT OR COATING FOR USE AS A PROTECTIVE COVERING”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Label: Ablatube, 7" I.D., R/M No. RL-2388 (Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: December 24, 1963”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
Kind of product
We list Ablatube (Raybestos-Manhattan) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Raybestos-Manhattan (37)
Pyrotex · Novabestos · Novatex · Polybestos · Glassbestos · Silvabestos · Speed-Lag-Cloth · Speedlag · Tadpole · Terrybestos · Tribestos · Ablatape · Allbestos · Asbestos Cloth · Asbestos Rope · Asbestos Tape · Asbestos Tubing or Sleeving · Asbestos Yarn · Eleven-thirty-three · Flourobestos · and 17 more on the company's page
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (264)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Insutape (Unarco) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · AA Grade Asbestos Cloth (Johns-Manville) · AA Grade Asbestos Tubing (Johns-Manville) · Aaa Grade Asbestos Cloth (Johns-Manville) · Aaa Grade Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · Aaa Grade Asbestos Tubing (Johns-Manville) · Aaaa Grade Asbestos Cloth (Johns-Manville) · Aaaa Grade Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · Advance 1211 (Advance Glove) · Advance 1253 (Advance Glove) · Advance Barbecue Chef (Advance Glove) · Air Cell (GAF) · Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth (H. K. Porter) · American Colonial (Johns-Manville) · Amosite Cloth (Unarco) · AO Thermogarb (American Optical) · and 244 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- Raybestos-Manhattan: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Raybestos-Manhattan 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) (February 24, 1964). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: Ablatube, 7" I.D., R/M No. RL-2388 (Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.), Image.
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