Documents in our library describe Rayman (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “brakelinings, clutch facings, and brake blocks made of or containing a substantial amount of asbestos fiber”.1 They give it as sold from 1948.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Rayman (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 1948-11-01”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “BRAKELININGS, CLUTCH FACINGS, AND BRAKE BLOCKS MADE OF OR CONTAINING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ASBESTOS FIBER”, said by RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Kind of product
We list Rayman (Raybestos-Manhattan) with brakes and friction materials, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers.
Other brakes and friction materials by Raybestos-Manhattan (8)
Grey-Rock · Hydro · R-m · Red Demon · R/M R-2854-B · R/M R-3672-3 · R/M US 98 · Ray-Mold
Brakes and friction materials by other makers (68)
Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) · Mintex (British Belting & Asbestos) · Ring packing (Garlock) · Cobra (Johns-Manville) · National Gypsum (National Gypsum) · Non-Scor (Unarco) · Pars (Pars Manufacturing) · Permafuse (S. G. Tilden) · Pioneer Asbestos (Floyd R. Biggs) · Railko (Small & Parkes) · Railroad Brake Shoes (Johns-Manville) · Rk (Istag Ag) · Safetybestos (Bondall) · Servbestos (Thermoid Rubber) · Shallex (James Walker Packing Co.) · Silent Grip (Anchor Packing) · Standco (C. W. Hanslip) · Standco Brake Blocks (Standco Industries) · Starbestos (Knerr & Bortz) · and 48 more: all brakes and friction materials
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) (July 22, 1949). Not yet published in our library.
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