Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 235 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture › Section 21a-235-8 - Use of terms and definitions relating to filling materials

Current through July 10, 2024
Terms used to describe filling materials shall include only
				those set forth and defined in these regulations. Filling materials for which
				there is no term or definition herein may not be used until the term and
				definition have been approved by the department, and such term shall thereafter
				be used to describe such material on any tag affixed to an article, bale or
				package containing such material.
(a)
General terms.
(1) The word
			 "colored" shall precede any terms used to designate a filling material, if such
			 material has been artificially dyed or colored.
(2) In the terms used to describe feathers
			 and/or down, the color of the material shall precede the term. If mixed colors
			 are used, "colored" shall precede the descriptive term.
(3) The term "shredded clippings" means any
			 material that has been made into fabric and subsequently cut up, torn up,
			 broken up or ground up but which has not been run through a garnett machine.
			 The name of the material need not be included in this term but, if included,
			 shall be as stated.
(4) The term
			 "garnetted clippings" means any material that has been shredded and further
			 processed by passing through a garnett machine. The name of the material need
			 not be included in this term but, if included, shall be as stated.
(5) The word "oily" shall precede any term
			 used to designate a filling material, if such material contains more than five
			 per cent oil.
(6) The term "felt"
			 or "batting" means fiber that has been carded in layers or sheets by a garnett
			 or felting machine. The terms "felt" or "batting" by themselves shall not be
			 used but shall be combined with the name of the material from which they are
			 made. If the felt has been repicked, or consists of small pieces of scrap felt,
			 or is not readily distinguishable from unfelted material, the term "felt" or
			 "batting" shall not be included in the descriptive term.
(7) The word "napper" means the lint removed
			 during the process of raising the face of a cloth and shall be preceded by the
			 name of the textile fiber or fibers from which it is made.
(8) The presence of "down fiber" or "feather
			 fiber" in excess of ten per cent shall be set forth on the tag, together with
			 the kind, color and percentage.
(9)
			 The terms "rubberized" or "resin treated" shall be combined with the required
			 descriptive term only when each hair or fiber of the specified filling material
			 has been thoroughly coated with the stated material, rubber or resin. The terms
			 "rubber coated" or "resin coated" shall be combined with the required
			 descriptive term when the surface only of a filling material has been
			 thoroughly coated with the stated material, rubber or resin. If a filling
			 material pad is coated on one side only, the required descriptive term shall
			 include the notation "(one side only)."
(10) The word "pad" shall be included in the
			 descriptive term only when a hair or fiber filling material has been processed
			 into pad forms.