Documents in our library describe Tuff-Tex (Tile-Tex) as “floor tile”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Tuff-Tex (Tile-Tex) in the documents, in each document's own words.
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Description: “FLOOR TILE”, said by TILE-TEX COMPANY, THE, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Asbestos Magazine, 1944, March 1944
- Description: “floor tile composed of a plastic binder, plasticizers, asbestos fibres, and mineral pigments”, said by The Tile-Tex Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 442
Kind of product
We list Tuff-Tex (Tile-Tex) with floor tile, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Flooring Installers.
Floor tile by other makers (198)
Excelon (some styles) (Armstrong Cork) · Terraflex (Johns-Manville) · Agate Chip (Kentile) · Debonair (Kentile) · Excelon (Armstrong Cork) · Travatex, Excelon (Armstrong Cork) · Travertine (American Biltrite Rubber) · Travertine (Armstrong Cork) · Travertine (Flintkote) · Travertine (GAF) · Travertine (Johns-Manville) · Travertine (Kentile) · Venetian Marble (GAF) · Vinylbest, The Artistry Collection, Fontenay (Congoleum) · Vinylcraft Floor Tile (Johns-Manville) · Vinylflex (GAF) · Vinylflex Taj Mahal (GAF) · Voltaire (Armstrong Cork) · Wards Cat. No. 41502 (Montgomery Ward) · Wards Cat. No. 41832 (Montgomery Ward) · and 178 more: all floor tile
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (April 22, 1943). Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1944, March 1944 (March 1, 1944), p. 44.
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