Louisville Bedding Debuts the Fire Defender.
Home Textiles Today, January, 2007
By Staff Louisville, Ky. -- Looking to get the jump on tough new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations on mattress flammability, Louisville Bedding Company has begun previewing Fire Defender, a mattress pad and box spring cover set that exceeds the new standards. Under the new mattress standard, all mattressing being made as of July 2007 must meet new burn test rules.
At bottom, the reg requires that mattresses must be capable of burning for at least 30 minutes before they hit flashover, the point at which they explode into flame. Further, the heat release factor cannot exceed 200 kilowatts throughout that 30-minute period. Fire Defender's heat release during 30-minute trials hit just 11 kilowatts, according to Don...
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