Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2106 – Tagging; regulations and prohibitions
(a) Each and every mattress or article covered by this chapter, other than a feather or down filled pillow, bolster, bed or comforter, shall bear securely attached thereto and visible on the outside covering a tag of cloth or other substantial material upon which shall be plainly and indelibly stamped or printed in English:
(1) A statement showing the kind of materials used in filling the mattress or article and whether the materials used in filling are wholly new or secondhand or partly secondhand;
(2) The word “secondhand” upon any article of which prior use has been made;
(3) The number of the permit issued for sterilizing and disinfecting; and
(4) The registry number used in applying and enforcing the tagging and inspection provisions of this chapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2106
- Comfortable: means any cover, quilt or quilted article made of cotton or other textile material and stuffed or filled with fiber, cotton, wool, hair, jute, feathers, feather down, kapok or other soft material. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2101
- Mattress: means any quilted pad, mattress, mattress pad, mattress protector, bunk, quilt or box spring stuffed or filled with excelsior, straw, hay, grass, cornhusks, moss, fiber, cotton, wool, hair, jute, kapok or other soft material, to be used on a couch or other bed for sleeping purposes. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2101
- New: means any material or article which has not been previously manufactured or used for any purpose. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2101
- Secondhand: means any material or article of which prior use has been made. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2101
(b) Each and every pillow or other article covered by this chapter in which feathers or down are used shall bear securely attached thereto and visible on the outside covering a substantial cloth tag upon which shall be plainly and indelibly stamped or printed in English:
(1) A statement that the feathers or down have been sterilized and disinfected in accordance with this chapter;
(2) The number of the permit issued for sterilizing and disinfecting the feathers or down;
(3) The word “secondhand” upon a feather or down filled article of which prior use has been made; and
(4) The registry number used in applying and enforcing the tagging and inspection provisions of this chapter.
(c) No additional information shall be contained in the statements. The statement of materials used in filling must be in plain type not less than one-eighth inch in height. The tag required by this chapter to be attached to any article covered by this chapter shall be not less than 6 square inches in size.
(d) The word “felt,” or words of like import if any other than garnetted materials are used in filling, or the words “curled hair,” or words of like import if other than curled hair is used in filling, shall not be used exclusively in the statement concerning any mattress, pillow, bolster or comfortable.
(e) No person shall make any false, untrue or misleading statement, term or designation on the tag or remove, deface, alter or in any manner attempt to remove, deface or alter the tag required by this chapter or cause to be removed, defaced or altered any statement on a tag placed upon any article included in this chapter.
Code 1915, § ?824F; 36 Del. Laws, c. 102; Code 1935, § ?879; 16 Del. C. 1953, § ?2106; 49 Del. Laws, c. 269, §§ ?1, 2; 60 Del. Laws, c. 356, §§ ?2-6;