For purposes of this chapter:

(1) “Children’s product” means product designed for residential use by infants and children under 12 years old. “Children’s product” includes a bassinet, booster seat, changing pad, floor play mat, highchair pad, infant bouncer, infant carrier, infant seat, infant swing, infant walker, nursing pad, nursing pillow, playpen side pad, play yard, portable hook-on chair, stroller, mattress, and children’s nap mat.

(2) “Flame-retardant chemical” means any of the following:

a. 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB), chemical abstracts service number 183658-27-7.

b. Antimony, chemical abstracts service number 7440-36-0.

c. Bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate (TBPH), chemical abstracts service number 26040-51-7.

d. Chlorinated paraffins, chemical abstracts service number 85535-84-8.

e. Decabromodiphenyl ether, chemical abstracts service number 1163-19-5.

f. Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), chemical abstracts service number 25637-99-4.

g. Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), chemical abstracts service number 79-94-7.

h. Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TDCPP), chemical abstracts service number 13674-87-8.

i. Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (TCEP), chemical abstracts service number 115-96-8.

j. Tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TCPP), chemical abstracts service number 13674-84-5.

(3) “Manufacture” means making a product. If the person who makes the product or whose brand name is affixed to the product does not do business in the United States, “manufacture” means assembling, importing, or distributing a product.

(4) “Mattress” means a ticking filled with a resilient material used alone or in combination with other products intended or promoted for sleeping upon. “Mattress” includes adult mattresses, youth mattresses, crib mattresses including portable crib mattresses, bunk bed mattresses, futons, water beds and air mattresses which contain upholstery material between the ticking and the mattress core, and any detachable mattresses used in any item of upholstered furniture such as convertible sofa bed mattresses, corner group mattresses, day bed mattresses, roll-a-way bed mattresses, high risers, and trundle bed mattresses as defined and not excluded under 16 C.F.R § 1632.1.

(5) “Organohalogen” means a class of chemicals that includes any chemical containing 1 or more halogen elements bonded to carbon.

(6) “Reupholstered furniture” means furniture whose original fabric, padding, decking, barrier material, foam, or other resilient filling has been replaced by a custom upholsterer and has not been sold since the time of the replacement.

(7) “Upholstered furniture” means residential furniture intended for indoor use in a home or other dwelling intended for residential occupancy that consists in whole or in part of resilient cushioning materials enclosed within a covering consisting of fabric or related materials.

83 Del. Laws, c. 398, § 1;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2501G

  • Infant: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, trust (including a common law trust, business trust, statutory trust, voting trust or any other form of trust), estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality), custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity (or series thereof) in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302