Classification of Filling Materials
The following is a list of filling materials commonly used by industry and recognized by the various state enforcement programs. For actual descriptions of these materials, please call our offices or any of the state enforcement officials.
COTTON
- Staple Cotton
- Cotton Linters
- Cotton By-Products
- Cotton Waste
- Cotton Fiber or Loose Cotton
- Cotton Felt
- Cotton Batting
- Blended Cotton Felt
- Staple Cotton Felt
WOOL
- Wool or Virgin Wool
- Wool By-Products
- Wool Waste
TANNERS WOOL
- Wool Blends or Mixtures (Blended Wool)
- Wool Felt, Wool Batt, Wool Batting
- Blended Wool Felt
HAIR
- Hair
- Hair Mixtures
- Hair Classification
- Curled Hair
- Uncurled Hair
FEATHERS
- Feathers
- Goose Feathers
- Duck Feathers
- Waterfowl Feathers
- Turkey Feathers
- Chicken Feathers
QUILLS
- Quill Feathers
- Feather Fibers
- Crushed Feathers
- Chopped Feathers
- Stripped Feathers
- Damaged Feathers
- Feather Mixtures
- Residue (Feathers)
- Marabou Fibers
- Nestling Feather
DOWN
- Down
- Goose Down
- Duck Down
- Plumule
- Down Fibers
- Nestling Down
RUBBER
- rubber
- Latex Foam Rubber
- Sponge Rubber
FOAM
- Urethane Foam
- Polyurethane Foam
- Urethane Foam / High Resilience
- Polystyrene Foam Beads
- Urethane Foam Skins
- Vinyl Foam
- Neoprene Foam
- Molded Styrofoam
- Olefin Foam
MAN-MADE OR MANUFACTURED FIBERS
- Acetate Fiber
- Acrylic Fiber
- Azlon Fiber
- Glass Fiber
- Metallic Fiber
- Modacrylic Fiber
- Nylon Fiber
- Nytril Fiber
- Olefin Fiber
- Polyester Fiber
- Rayon Fiber
- Saran Fiber
- Spandex Fiber
- Vinyl Fiber
- Vinyon Fiber
- Polyester Pneumacel
MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLE FIBERS
- Cattail Plant Fibers
- Cellulose Fiber
- Coconut Husk Fiber or Coir
- Buckwheat Hulls
- Esparto Fiber
- Excelsior
- Flax Fiber
- Flax Tow
- Hay
- Jute Fiber
- Jute Pad
- Kapok
- Milkweed Fiber
- Moss
- Palm Fiber
- Sea Grass
- Silk
- Sisal, Sisal Fiber
- Sisal Fiber Tow
- Sisal Fiber Waste
- Straw
- Tampico, Tampico Fibers
- Tula, Tula Fiber
VARIOUS FIBER BY-PRODUCTS AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
- Textile Fiber By-Product
- Textile Clippings
- Dry Polymer
- Textile Fiber of Unknown Kind or
- Textile Fiber Waste
ADJUNCTIVE TERMS
- (For Use With Above Terms
When Applicable)
- All-Pure 100%
- Batting or Felt
- Cemented
- Damaged
- Molded
- Oily
- Pad
- Pieces
- Rubberized
- Resinated or Resin Treated
- Shredded
- Colored / Dyed
- Trash
- Used-Secondhand
- Waste
- Spring Unit, Wire Spring Unit or Coil Spring Unit
- Card, Strips, Stripping
- Comber or Noils
- Fly
- Garnetted
- Miscellaneous Waste Fibers
- Napper
- Picker, Picker Motes or Motes
- Boric Acid Treated
RESTRICTIVE AND PROHIBITED TERMS
- Bonded
- Border
- Burlap
- Cotton (by itself)
- Curled Feathers
- Fiber Fill
- Hen Feathers
- Paper Sheets
- Recycled
- Rubber By-Products
- Steel Wool
- Tan-O-Quill
- Trade Names, Trademarks
- Virgin
- Wood Wool
- Defabricated Fibers