Documents in our library describe Soundgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) as “rubber faced asbestos fabric”.1 They give it as sold from 1975.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Soundgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) in the documents, in each document's own words.
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
Asbestos Magazine, 1975, September 1975
- Use: “black Soundgard sound barrier for application directly to the source of noise or as an isolating curtain”, said by Southern Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 82
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “fabric”, p. 1103
Kind of product
We list Soundgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) 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 Southern Asbestos Co. (6)
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (295)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Sea-Ro The Universal Packing (Chester M. Roe) · Sealsafe (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Shipshape (Raybestos—Manhattan) · Silvabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · So Good That Only The Dealers Sell It (Lehon) · Sofilia (Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) · Soundgard (H. K. Porter) · Spauldite (Spaulding Fibre) · Speed-Lag-Cloth (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Speedlag (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Splashgard (H. K. Porter) · Squeegee (Henrite Products) · Sta Safe Long Life (Standard Safety Equipment) · Standco (C. W. Hanslip) · Steel-Grip (Industrial Gloves) · and 275 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- Southern Asbestos Co.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (March 17, 1975). Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1975, September 1975 (September 1, 1975), p. 8.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 110. Not yet published in our library.
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