Homart (Sears)

Documents in our library describe Homart (Sears) as “group a-roll roofing, roofing shingles, building paper (deadening felt), asphalt roof siding, tile board, wallboard, insulation panels, matted fiber-type insulation, asphalt floor tile; group b-garage doors; group c-windows and window frames, molding (metal, wood, plastic), doors and door frames; group d-adjustable floor jack posts, screen and storm doors, metal lath, metal corners for tile board, louvers; group e-rubber flooring, rubber cove base, steel wall tiles; group f-guttering (rainpipe, eaves trough, rainpipe and eaves trough hangers, rainpipe screens); group g-roof and flashing cement; group h- plumbers' putty, closet bowl setting compound and porcelain fixture setting compound; group i-furnace cement, asbestos cement, lead seal compound, pipe joint compound, liquid primer for concrete floors used preliminary to installing asphalt tiling; group j-liquid porcelain patching cement, and window sash putti iron patchingcement”.¹ They give it as sold from 1945.¹

What each document says

Every statement about Homart (Sears) 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 1945-06-01”, said by SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Description: “GROUP A-ROLL ROOFING, ROOFING SHINGLES, BUILDING PAPER (DEADENING FELT), ASPHALT ROOF SIDING, TILE BOARD, WALLBOARD, INSULATION PANELS, MATTED FIBER-TYPE INSULATION, ASPHALT FLOOR TILE; GROUP B-GARAGE DOORS; GROUP C-WINDOWS AND WINDOW FRAMES, MOLDING (METAL, WOOD, PLASTIC), DOORS AND DOOR FRAMES; GROUP D-ADJUSTABLE FLOOR JACK POSTS, SCREEN AND STORM DOORS, METAL LATH, METAL CORNERS FOR TILE BOARD, LOUVERS; GROUP E-RUBBER FLOORING, RUBBER COVE BASE, STEEL WALL TILES; GROUP F-GUTTERING (RAINPIPE, EAVES TROUGH, RAINPIPE AND EAVES TROUGH HANGERS, RAINPIPE SCREENS); GROUP G-ROOF AND FLASHING CEMENT; GROUP H- PLUMBERS' PUTTY, CLOSET BOWL SETTING COMPOUND AND PORCELAIN FIXTURE SETTING COMPOUND; GROUP I-FURNACE CEMENT, ASBESTOS CEMENT, LEAD SEAL COMPOUND, PIPE JOINT COMPOUND, LIQUID PRIMER FOR CONCRETE FLOORS USED PRELIMINARY TO INSTALLING ASPHALT TILING; GROUP J-LIQUID PORCELAIN PATCHING CEMENT, AND WINDOW SASH PUTTI IRON PATCHINGCEMENT”, said by SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹

Kind of product

We list Homart (Sears) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, paper, felt and millboard, floor tile, joint compound and texture coatings and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

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

See also

• Sears: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants

References

1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (December 19, 1947). Not yet published in our library.