New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter C - Related Regulations Of The Industrial Commissioner › Part 80 - Flammable Wearing Apparel, Fabrics, Related Materials And Interior Furnishings › Subpart 80-3 - Definitions › Section 80-3.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In addition to the definitions given in section 500 of
						article 29 of the General Business Law and in the appendixes to this Part, the
						following definitions apply for the purposes of this Part:
(a) Large carpets and rugs means any type of
					 finished product made in whole or in part of fabric or related material and
					 intended for use or which may reasonably be expected to be used as a floor
					 covering which is exposed to traffic in homes, offices, or places of assembly
					 or accommodation, and which may or may not be fastened to the floor by
					 mechanical means such as nails, tacks, barbs, staples, adhesives, and which has
					 one dimension greater than 1.83 meters (six feet) and a surface area greater
					 than 2.232 meters (24 square feet). Products such as carpet squares, with one
					 dimension less than 1.83 meters (six feet) and a surface area less than 2.232
					 meters (24 square feet), but intended to be assembled upon installation into
					 assemblies which may have one dimension greater than 1.83 meters (six feet) and
					 a surface area greater than 2.232 meters (24 square feet), are included in this
					 definition. Mats, hides with natural or synthetic fibers, and other similar
					 products in the above defined dimensions are included in this definition, but
					 resilient floor coverings such as linoleum, asphalt tile and vinyl tile are
					 not.
(b) Small carpets and rugs
					 means any type of finished product made in whole or in part of fabric or
					 related material and intended for use or which may reasonably be expected to be
					 used as a floor covering which is exposed to traffic in homes, offices, or
					 places of assembly or accommodation, and which may or may not be fastened to
					 the floor by mechanical means such as nails, tacks, barbs, staples, adhesives,
					 and which has no dimension greater than 1.83 meters (six feet) and an area not
					 greater than 2.232 meters (24 square feet). Products such as carpet squares
					 intended to be assembled, upon installation, into assemblies which may have
					 dimensions greater than these, are excluded from this definition, but are
					 included in the definition of large carpets and rugs. Mats, hides with natural
					 or synthetic fibers, and other similar products are included in this definition
					 if they are within the defined dimensions, but resilient floor coverings such
					 as linoleum, asphalt tile, and vinyl tile are not.
(c) Children's sleepwear means any product of
					 wearing apparel up to and including size 6X, such as nightgowns, pajamas, or
					 similar or related items such as robes, intended to be worn primarily for
					 sleeping or activities related to sleeping. Diapers and underwear are not
					 included in this definition. The term size 6X is defined in Appendix F-6 of
					 this Part (Commercial standard, CS 151-50, "Body Measurements for the Sizing of
					 Apparel for Infants, Babies, Toddlers, and Children," U. S. Department of
					 Commerce Voluntary Product Standard).
(d) Mattress means a ticking filled with a
					 resilient material used alone or in combination with other products and
					 intended or promoted for sleeping upon. This definition includes, but is not
					 limited to, mattress pads, mattresses used for adults, youths, cribs, including
					 portable cribs, bunk beds, day beds, convertible sofa beds, corner groups,
					 roll-a-way beds, high risers and trundle beds. This definition excludes
					 sleeping bags, pillows, mattress foundations such as box springs, liquid and
					 gaseous filled tickings such as water beds and air mattresses, upholstered
					 furniture such as chaise lounges, drop-arm love seats, press-back lounges,
					 push-back sofas, sleep lounges, sofa beds (including jackknife sofa beds), sofa
					 lounges (including glide-outs), studio couches, and studio divans (including
					 twin studio divans and studio beds), and juvenile product pads such as car bed
					 pads, carriage pads, basket pads, infant carrier and lounge pads, dressing
					 table pads, stroller pads, crib bumpers, and playpen pads.
(e) Film means any nonrigid, unsupported
					 plastic, rubber or other synthetic or natural film or sheeting, or any
					 combination thereof, including translucent, and opaque material, whether plain,
					 embossed, molded, or otherwise surface treated, which is in a form or condition
					 ready for use in wearing apparel, and shall include film or sheeting exceeding
					 10 millileters in thickness.
(f)
					 Finish means a particular finish, but does not include such variables as
					 changes in color, pattern, print, or design, or minor variations in the amount
					 or type of ingredients in the finish formulation. Examples of finish types
					 would be starch finishes, resin finishes or parchmentized finishes.
(g) Textile fabric means any coated or
					 uncoated material (except film and fabrics having a nitro-cellulose fibre,
					 finish or coating) which is woven, knitted, felted or otherwise produced from
					 any natural or man-made fiber, or substitute therefor, or combination thereof,
					 of two inches or more in width, and which is in a form or condition ready for
					 use in wearing apparel.
(h)
					 Uncovered or exposed parts of an article of wearing apparel means that part of
					 an article of wearing apparel which might during normal wear or use be open to
					 flame or other means of ignition. The outer surface of an undergarment is
					 considered to be an uncovered or exposed part.