[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: 16CFR1632.2]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1632_STANDARD FOR THE FLAMMABILITY OF MATTRESSES AND MATTRESS 
PADS (FF 4-72, AMENDED)--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A_The Standard
 
Sec.  1632.2  Purpose, scope, and applicability.

    (a) Purpose. (1) This standard prescribes requirements for testing 
of prototype designs of mattresses and mattress pads before the sale in 
commerce or the introduction in commerce of any mattress or mattress pad 
which is subject to the standard. The standard prescribes a test to 
determine the ignition resistance of a mattress or a mattress pad when 
exposed to a lighted cigarette.
    (2) The standard sets forth a test at Sec.  1632.6 which may be used 
to classify ticking materials for resistance to cigarette ignition.
    (3) The standard sets forth a test at Sec.  1632.7 which may be used 
to demonstrate that the substitution of tape

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edge materials will not reduce the ignition resistance of a mattress 
prototype or a mattress pad prototype.
    (b) Scope. (1) All mattresses, as defined in Sec.  1632.1(a), and 
all mattress pads, as defined in Sec.  1632.1(b), manufactured or 
imported after the effective date of this amendment are subject to the 
requirements of the standard as amended.
    (2) All mattresses, as defined in Sec.  1632.1(a), and all mattress 
pads, as defined in Sec.  1632.1(b), manufactured or imported after June 
22, 1973, and before the effective date of this amendment are subject to 
those requirements of the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses 
(and Mattress Pads) (16 CFR part 1632) which were in effect before the 
effective date of this amendment.
    (3) Manufacturers or importers desiring to use the ticking 
substitution procedure provided in Sec.  1632.6 may classify the ticking 
being used on each mattress prototype before or after the effective date 
of this amendment using the test procedure set forth in that section.
    (4) One-of-a-kind mattresses and mattress pads may be excluded from 
testing under this standard in accordance with rules established by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission. (See Sec.  1632.31(f): exemption for 
mattresses and mattress pads prescribed by a physician.)
    (c) Applicability. (1) The requirements for prototype testing 
prescribed by this standard are applicable to each ``manufacturer'' (as 
that term is defined in Sec.  1632.1(i)) of mattresses or mattress pads 
subject to the standard which are manufactured for sale in commerce. The 
requirements of this standard for prototype testing are also applicable 
to all other persons or firms initially introducing mattresses or 
mattress pads into commerce, including importers; each such firm shall 
be deemed to be a ``manufacturer'' for purposes of this standard.
    (2) The test at Sec.  1632.6 for classification of ticking materials 
may be used by manufacturers of mattresses or mattress pads and by 
manufacturers of ticking materials. The test at Sec.  1632.7 may be used 
by manufacturers of mattresses to demonstrate that substitution of tape 
edge materials will not reduce ignition resistance of a mattress 
prototype or a mattress pad prototype. Use of the tests in Sec.  Sec.  
1632.6 and 1632.7 is optional.