Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers)

Documents in our library describe Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) as “building and construction materials, i.e., plywood, lumber, wood and/or metal doors, hardboard, particle board, and wood and/or metal moldings (all the foregoing products sold plain or faced with plastic or metal); partitions, and partition systems; fiberglass reinforced resin panels, and installation accessories; enameled cement-asbestos panels for curtain walls, spandrel panels, partitions, bathroom walls, ceilings, and the like; unlaminated veneer; and cloth, plastic and paper backed veneer (primarily for wall covering, furniture surfacing, and edgd banding); all the foregoing goods for residential and/or industrial construction, and/or for use in the furniture, kitchen cabinet, and allied fields; plywood and hardboard for pallets and component parts thereof, tackboards, chalkboards, basketball backboards, and table tennis tables; and pigmented compositions of wood putty, and of paste, of various colors to blend with and match prefinished plywood and other wood and allied products, and to fill nail holes, cracks, gouges, holes and other imperections, and to hide scratches”.¹ They give it as sold from 1933.¹

What each document says

Every statement about Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) 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 1933-05-04”, said by U.S. PLYWOOD-CHAMPION PAPERS INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹
• Description: “BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, I.E., PLYWOOD, LUMBER, WOOD AND/OR METAL DOORS, HARDBOARD, PARTICLE BOARD, AND WOOD AND/OR METAL MOLDINGS (ALL THE FOREGOING PRODUCTS SOLD PLAIN OR FACED WITH PLASTIC OR METAL); PARTITIONS, AND PARTITION SYSTEMS; FIBERGLASS REINFORCED RESIN PANELS, AND INSTALLATION ACCESSORIES; ENAMELED CEMENT-ASBESTOS PANELS FOR CURTAIN WALLS, SPANDREL PANELS, PARTITIONS, BATHROOM WALLS, CEILINGS, AND THE LIKE; UNLAMINATED VENEER; AND CLOTH, PLASTIC AND PAPER BACKED VENEER (PRIMARILY FOR WALL COVERING, FURNITURE SURFACING, AND EDGD BANDING); ALL THE FOREGOING GOODS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND/OR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, AND/OR FOR USE IN THE FURNITURE, KITCHEN CABINET, AND ALLIED FIELDS; PLYWOOD AND HARDBOARD FOR PALLETS AND COMPONENT PARTS THEREOF, TACKBOARDS, CHALKBOARDS, BASKETBALL BACKBOARDS, AND TABLE TENNIS TABLES; AND PIGMENTED COMPOSITIONS OF WOOD PUTTY, AND OF PASTE, OF VARIOUS COLORS TO BLEND WITH AND MATCH PREFINISHED PLYWOOD AND OTHER WOOD AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, AND TO FILL NAIL HOLES, CRACKS, GOUGES, HOLES AND OTHER IMPERECTIONS, AND TO HIDE SCRATCHES”, said by U.S. PLYWOOD-CHAMPION PAPERS INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office¹

Kind of product

We list Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) with paper, felt and millboard, cloth, tape and other textiles 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: Electricians and Electrical Workers.

References

1. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (February 17, 1966). Not yet published in our library.