§70 Definitions

Summary

Gives clear definitions for words used in the rules about textile fiber products. Person — an individual or any kind of business like a partnership, corporation, or association. Fiber or textile fiber — the basic material that can be spun or bonded into yarn or made into fabric by ways like weaving, knitting, braiding, felting, or twisting. Natural fiber — a fiber that exists in nature as is. Manufactured fiber — a fiber made from something that was not a fiber at some point in its making. Yarn — a strand of fiber ready to be made into fabric. Fabric — material made from fibers or yarns by weaving, knitting, felting, or similar methods. Household textile articles — clothes, costumes, accessories, curtains, rugs, furniture coverings, bedding, and other textile items normally used in homes. Textile fiber product — any fiber, yarn, or fabric (finished or unfinished) meant for household textile use, and any household textile item made partly or wholly from those. Affixed — attached to the textile product in any way. Commission — the Federal Trade Commission. Commerce — trade among states, with foreign countries, in U.S. Territories, and with the District of Columbia. Territory — U.S. insular possessions and other U.S. Territories. Ultimate consumer — someone who buys or gets a textile product and does not plan to sell it.