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American Thatch (Ruberoid)

Documents in our library describe American Thatch (Ruberoid) as “asbestos-cement roof shingles”.1 They give it as sold from 1954.1,2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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How American Thatch (Ruberoid) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.

What each document says

Every statement about American Thatch (Ruberoid) 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 1954-07-02”, said by RUBEROID CO., THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
  • Description: “ASBESTOS-CEMENT ROOF SHINGLES”, said by RUBEROID CO., THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1

Product cartons: Ruberoid 12" American Thatch mineral fiber shingles (The Ruberoid Company / GAF), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: July 2, 1954”, said by The Ruberoid Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2

Label: American Thatch asbestos-cement roof shingle carton (The Ruberoid Company), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: July 2, 1954”, said by The Ruberoid Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file3
  • Asbestos content: “ASBESTOS-CEMENT ROOF SHINGLE WITH; ASBESTOS-CEMENT; ASBESTOS-CEMENT ROOF SHINGLE”, p. 13

Kind of product

We list American Thatch (Ruberoid) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Roofers.

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Ruberoid (15)

Vitramic · Eternit · Mill Board · Roll Board · Timbertex · Asbestos Millboard · Asbestos Sponge Felt · Colorator · Deluxe Stonewall · Gasket Quality · Rubestos · Color Ground · Color-Tex · Stonewall · Supertab

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (368)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Aircell (Keasbey & Mattison) · Aircell (Nicolet) · Allstate (Sears) · Alumco (American Lumber Company) · Amberlite Packing (Keasbey & Mattison) · American Colonial (Johns-Manville) · American Thatch (GAF) · Anti-sweat (Johns-Manville) · Apac (Keasbey & Mattison) · Apac Board (Keasbey & Mattison) · Arta-Seal (CertainTeed) · Asbestex (Supercrete Pipes S.A.) · Asbestile (Asbestile S.A.) · Asbesto-sponge (Johns-Manville) · Asbestobiex (Cape Asbestos) · and 348 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (March 14, 1955). Not yet published in our library.
  2. Product cartons: Ruberoid 12" American Thatch mineral fiber shingles (The Ruberoid Company / GAF), Image.
  3. Label: American Thatch asbestos-cement roof shingle carton (The Ruberoid Company), Image.

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