(a) “Batting” shall mean fibers which have been carded or garnetted into layer form.

(b) “Bleached” shall mean any product whose intrinsic color had been removed and whiteness improved by treating with a chemical compound.

(c) “Colored” or “Dyed” shall mean any filling material which has been treated and impregnated with coloring material.

(d) “Damaged” shall mean any filling material or article, which has been adversely affected by machine processing or by exposure to fire, water or other elements or source.

(e) “Fibers of Unknown Kind” shall mean miscellaneous new textile materials of unknown origin, and for practical purposes, unknown fiber content.

(f) “Gel” is any filing material of a semi-solid form, typically encased in a leak proof fabric cover and consisting of a mixture of water or other liquid base, dissolved chemicals and/or a suspension of other chemicals, which provides special ergonomic and resiliency properties.

(g) “Pad” shall mean any filling material which is interwoven, punched, pressed, shaped, or otherwise fabricated into pad form.

(h) “Resinated” or “Resin Treated” shall mean any filling material treated with a combination of synthetic resin or a combination of synthetic resin and latex.

(i) “Rubberized” shall mean any filling material which had been treated with a latex compound.

(j) “Shredded” shall mean any filling material which has been cut or torn into pieces.

(k) “Trash” shall mean shell, shale, stick, stem, leaf, boll, seed and foreign matter.

(l) “Waste” shall mean filling material with any of the following characteristics:

(m) “Recycled Fibers” shall mean new fibers which are the by-product resulting from a textile processing method. Such recycled fibers shall not have a thread content in excess of 5.0%.