Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 215 - Bedding Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:215-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act"
means Title 63 O.S. Supp 1996, Section
				  1001.1 et seq.
"Bedding"
means mattresses, upholstered springs,
				  sleeping bags, pads, comforters, pillows, and cushions. The term "bedding" also
				  includes dual purpose furniture such as sofa beds, studio couches, and
				  futons.
"Cat tail plant fiber"
mean plant fibers from
				  the named plant used as fill.
"Cellulose"
,
"cellulose fiber"
,
				  and
"cellulose"
mean cellulosic products containing not more than
				  four per cent (4%) lignin and twelve per cent (12%) pentosans.
"Cellulose fiber pad"
means a pad made of
				  cellulose.
"Chicken feathers"
mean feathers of any kind of
				  chicken, which are whole in physical structure.
"Chopped feathers"
in conjunction with the name
				  of the fowl from which the feathers came means the feathers which have been
				  processed through a chopping machine which has cut the feathers into small
				  pieces, e.g., "chopped duck feathers."
"Comber"
means the tangled fibers removed during
				  the combing process of textile fibers.
"Cotton by-products"
mean the by-products
				  removed from the various machine operations necessary in the manufacture of
				  cotton yarn up to but not including the process of spinning, and shall include
				  the following materials commonly known in cotton-mill terms as cotton card
				  strips or cotton vacuum strips, cotton comber, cotton fly, and cotton
				  picker.
"Cotton linters"
mean the fibrous growth removed
				  from cottonseed subsequent to the usual process of ginning.
"Cotton waste"
means any material of cotton
				  origin containing more than ten per cent (10%) of hull, leaf, stem, and
				  pulp.
"Crushed feathers"
in conjunction with the name
				  of the fowl from which the feathers came mean feathers which have been
				  processed through a so-called curling machine which has changed the original
				  form of the feathers, but has not removed the quill, e.g., "crushed duck
				  feathers."
"Down"
means the soft undercoating of waterfowl,
				  consisting of the light fluffy filaments grown from one quill-point but without
				  any quill-shaft.
"Duck feathers"
means feathers of any kind of
				  duck, which are whole in physical structure, with the natural form and
				  curvature of the feather.
"Excelsior"
means curled wood shreds.
"Excelsior pad"
means a pad made of curled wood
				  shreds.
"Felt"
means material that has been carded in
				  layers or sheets by a garnett or felting machine.
"Filling" "filling material"
and
"materials"
mean materials used as filling in the manufacture,
				  repair, or renovation of bedding.
"Fly"
means the fibers which come off the
				  machines during carding, drawing, or similar textile operations.
"Goose feathers"
means feathers of any kind of
				  goose, which are whole in physical structure, with the natural form and
				  curvature of the feather.
"Hair"
means the course filamentous epidermal
				  outgrowth of such mammals as horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and goats.
"Jute fibers"
mean jute of which no prior use
				  has been made.
"Jute pad"
means a pad made from jute
				  fibers.
"Kapok"
means the fibers obtained from the seeds
				  of the kapok tree.
"Label"
means a label required to be on or
				  affixed to bedding products by the Act and Regulations and on which the
				  information required is to appear.
"Latex foam rubber"
means foam products made
				  from rubber latex which previously has not been coagulated or
				  solidified.
"Mattress"
includes padding or cushioning
				  material which is used in conjunction with water bed liners, bladders or
				  cylinders, but does not include water bed liners, bladders or cylinders.
"Mixed cotton"
means a mixture of staple cotton,
				  cotton linters, and cotton by-products in any proportion which has not been
				  garnetted or felted.
"Napper"
means the lint removed during the
				  process of raising the face of a cloth.
"Noils"
means the short fibers removed during
				  the combing process.
"Paper"
means wood pulp materials used as fill
				  material.
"Quill"
means the main shaft or axis of a
				  feather.
"Quill feather"
means a flight feather or tail
				  feather.
"Rubber"
as used in these regulations shall
				  apply to synthetic rubber as well as natural rubber.
"Second-hand"
, as defined in the Act, does not
				  apply to new materials subjected to manufacturing processes or to new materials
				  which are the by-product of manufacturing processes.
"Sisal fibers"
means sisal of which no prior use
				  has been made.
"Sisal pad"
means a pad made from sisal
				  fibers.
"Sponge rubber"
means sponge products made from
				  rubber which has previously been coagulated or solidified.
"Staple cotton"
means the staple fibrous growth
				  as removed from the cottonseed in the usual process of ginning (first-cut from
				  the seed) containing no foreign material.
"Steel batting"
means steel fibers that have
				  been passed through some form of garnetting machine and carded in layers or
				  sheets.
"Steel fiber pads"
means steel fibers that have
				  been passed through some form of garnetting machine and carded in layers or
				  sheets.
"Steel fibers"
means steel fibers that have not
				  been garnetted.
"Synthetic fibers"
mean manufactured fibers as
				  opposed to natural fibers from animal, fowl, or plant origin.
"Synthetic foam"
means a polymerized cellular
				  material made from an organic base other than rubber.
"Textile by-products"
means any of the fibrous
				  by-products produced during the processing of textile fibers up to but not
				  including the spinning of yarns.
"Turkey feathers"
mean feathers of any kind of
				  turkey, which are whole in physical structure.
"Water-fowl feathers"
mean any mixture of goose
				  and duck feathers.
"Wool"
or "virgin wool" means the fleece of the
				  sheep or lamb, which has been scoured or scoured and carbonized. It shall not
				  be the by-product of any process of manufacture nor shall it have sustained
				  prior use.
"Wool waste"
means all by-products and wastes of
				  machines in any process of manufacture employing only new wool fibers and shall
				  also include wool pills and shank and tag wools.
Amended at 14 Ok Reg
				  2254, eff 6-12-97