[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: 16CFR1633.9]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1633_STANDARD FOR THE FLAMMABILITY (OPEN FLAME) OF MATTRESS 
SETS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A_The Standard
 
Sec.  1633.9  Glossary of terms.

    (a) Absorbent pad. Pad used on top of mattress. Designed to absorb 
moisture/body fluids thereby reducing skin irritation, can be one time 
use.
    (b) Basket pad. Cushion for use in an infant basket.
    (c) Bunk beds. A tier of beds, usually two or three, in a high frame 
complete with mattresses (see Figure 11 of this part).
    (d) Car bed. Portable bed used to carry a baby in an automobile.
    (e) Carriage pad. Cushion to go into a baby carriage.
    (f) Chaise lounge. An upholstered couch chair or a couch with a 
chair back. It has a permanent back rest, no arms, and sleeps one (see 
Figure 11).
    (g) Convertible sofa. An upholstered sofa that converts into an 
adult sized bed. Mattress unfolds out and up from under the seat 
cushioning (see Figure 11).
    (h) Corner groups. Two twin size bedding sets on frames, usually 
slipcovered, and abutted to a corner table. They also usually have loose 
bolsters slipcovered (see Figure 11).
    (i) Crib bumper. Padded cushion which goes around three or four 
sides inside a crib to protect the baby. Can also be used in a playpen.
    (j) Daybed. Daybed has foundation, usually supported by coil or flat 
springs, mounted between arms on which mattress is placed. It has 
permanent arms, no backrest, and sleeps one (see Figure 11).
    (k) Dressing table pad. Pad to cushion a baby on top of a dressing 
table.
    (l) Drop-arm loveseat. When side arms are in vertical position, this 
piece is a loveseat. The adjustable arms can be lowered to one of four 
positions for a chaise lounge effect or a single sleeper. The vertical 
back support always remains upright and stationary (see Figure 11).
    (m) Futon. A flexible mattress generally used on the floor that can 
be folded or rolled up for storage. It usually consists of resilient 
material covered by ticking.

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    (n) High riser. This is a frame of sofa seating height with two 
equal size mattresses without a backrest. The frame slides out with the 
lower mattress and rises to form a double or two single beds (see Figure 
11).
    (o) Infant carrier and lounge pad. Pad to cushion a baby in an 
infant carrier.
    (p) Mattress foundation. This is a ticking covered structure used to 
support a mattress or sleep surface. The structure may include 
constructed frames, foam, box springs or other materials used alone or 
in combination.
    (q) Murphy bed. A style of sleep system where the mattress and 
foundation are fastened to the wall and provide a means to retract or 
rotate the bed assembly into the wall to release more floor area for 
other uses.
    (r) Pillow. Cloth bag filled with resilient material such as 
feathers, down, sponge rubber, urethane, or fiber used as the support 
for the head of a person.
    (s) Playpen pad. Cushion used on the bottom of a playpen.
    (t) Portable crib. Smaller size than a conventional crib. Can 
usually be converted into a playpen.
    (u) Quilted means stitched with thread or by fusion through the 
ticking and one or more layers of material.
    (v) Roll-away-bed. Portable bed which has frame that folds with the 
mattress for compact storage.
    (w) Sleep lounge. Upholstered seating section which is mounted on a 
frame. May have bolster pillows along the wall as backrests or may have 
attached headrests (see Figure 11).
    (x) Stroller pad. Cushion used in a baby stroller.
    (y) Sofa bed. These are pieces in which the back of the sofa swings 
down flat with the seat to form the sleeping surface. Some sofa beds 
have bedding boxes for storage of bedding. There are two types: the one-
piece, where the back and seat are upholstered as a unit, supplying an 
unbroken sleeping surface; and the two-piece, where back and seat are 
upholstered separately (see Figure 11 of this part).
    (z) Sofa lounge--(includes glideouts). Upholstered seating section 
is mounted on springs and in a frame that permit it to be pulled out for 
sleeping. Has upholstered backrest bedding box that is hinged. Glideouts 
are single sleepers with sloping seats and backrests. Seat pulls out 
from beneath back and evens up to supply level sleeping surface (see 
Figure 11).
    (aa) Studio couch. Consists of upholstered seating section on 
upholstered foundation. Many types convert to twin beds (see Figure 11).
    (bb) Studio divan. Twin size upholstered seating section with 
foundation is mounted on metal bed frame. Has no arms or backrest, and 
sleeps one (see Figure 11 of this part).
    (cc) Trundle bed. A low bed which is rolled under a larger bed. In 
some lines, the lower bed springs up to form a double or two single beds 
as in a high riser (see Figure 11).
    (dd) Tufted means buttoned or laced through the ticking and 
upholstery material and/or core, or having the ticking and loft material 
and/or core drawn together at intervals by any other method which 
produces a series of depressions on the surface.
    (ee) Twin studio divan. Frames which glide out (but not up) and use 
seat cushions, in addition to upholstered foundation to sleep two. Has 
neither arms nor back rest (see Figure 11).
    (ff) Flip or sleeper chair. Chair that unfolds to be used for 
sleeping, typically has several connecting fabric covered, solid foam 
core segments.