Mattress: Product in the form of a resilient
material (for instance, polyurethane foam or light fibre fill) or
of padding materials in combination with steel springs (spring mattress),
enveloped by a cover.
Quilt and pillow: Products of padding materials
(down/feather or textile fibre) enveloped by a textile fabric.
Ticking: Fabric enveloping the resilient material
in a mattress.
Ignitability: A measure of
the ease with which a material or a product can be ignited so as to
flame or progressively smoulder.
Ignition source: Source
of energy which is used to ignite combustible materials or products.
Flaming: Undergoing combustion in the gaseous phase,
usually with emission of light.
Shouldering: An
exothermic reaction taking place in a material without flaming, with
or without emission of light.
Progressive shouldering: Smouldering
which continues after the ignition source is extinguished or removed.