Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 332-5

  • mattress: as used in this chapter means any quilted pad, comforter, mattress, mattress-pad, bunk quilt, or cushion, stuffed or filled with wool, hair, or other soft material to be used on a couch or other bed and on which persons sleep or recline; provided that:

    (1) The term "mattress" shall not include any items considered "beddings" under the federal Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (15 United States Code § 70 et seq. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 332-1

Any mattress made from more than one new material shall have stamped upon the tag attached thereto the percentage of each material so used. This requirement shall not apply to comforters. Any mattress made from material known as “shoddy” shall have stamped or printed upon the tag attached thereto, in type not smaller than twenty-point, the words “shoddy material”.