At first, you wouldn’t notice a difference inside the production warehouse at Denver Mattress Company. But General Manager Bob Rensink pointed out an added spool of fiber on the assembly line.The fluffy, white matting placed just under the top fabric layer of every mattress is actually a rayon-based fiber which meets the new federal requirement for a flame barrier.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission standard, effective July 1, 2007, requires all mattresses and mattress foundation sets sold in the United States to withstand an open flame blowtorch test for 70 seconds.

Denver Mattress Company burned hundreds of beds and researched dozens of options, including chemically treated barriers, for 2 years before deciding on the rayon fiber.

“This is a rayon fiber blend that chars. It’s inherent in the fiber. It doesn’t need a chemical solution sprayed onto the fabric,” Rensink said.

Rensink says it costs more than chemical treatments, but the company felt it was worth it.

How manufacturers meet the CPSC standards is up to them.

via Denver Channel

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