[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1202.3]

[Page 214]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1202_SAFETY STANDARD FOR MATCHBOOKS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1202.3  Definitions.

    In addition to the definitions given in section 3 of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052), the following definitions apply for 
the purpose of this standard:
    (a) Bookmatch means a single splint, with a matchhead attached, that 
comes from a matchbook.
    (b) Bridge means the matchhead material held in common by two or 
more splints.
    (c) Broken bridge means a bridge that has become separated.
    (d) Caddy means a package of two or more matchbooks wrapped or boxed 
together at a production plant.
    (e) Comb means a piece of wood, paper, or other suitable material 
that has been formed into splints, that remain joined at their base, and 
that are designed to have matchheads attached to their tips.
    (f) Cover means the paperboard or other suitable material that is 
wrapped around and fastened to the comb(s).
    (g) Friction means the dried chemical mixture on the matchbook cover 
used to ignite the bookmatch.
    (h) Match means a single splint with matchhead attached.
    (i) Matchbook means one or more combs with matchheads attached and a 
cover that is wrapped around and fastened to those combs.
    (j) Matchhead means the dried chemical mixture on the end of a 
splint.
    (k) Splint means the support for the matchhead or that portion 
normally held when using the bookmatch.