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16 CFR § 1242.2 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1242.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1242.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1242.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1242"
part_name: "SAFETY STANDARD FOR NURSING PILLOWS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2056a"
regulatory_source: "89 FR 85414, Oct. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1242"
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# 1242.2 Definitions.

*Caregiver attachment* means a portion of the product that is not an infant support surface and is intended to secure the nursing pillow to the caregiver. A caregiver attachment may comprise components including, but not limited to, straps, buckles, or latches.

*Caregiver opening* means the surface of the nursing pillow, excluding the caregiver attachment, intended to fit against the caregiver's torso during use. This surface is typically, but not necessarily, crescent-like in shape.

*Conspicuous* means visible to the caregiver while placing the product in the manufacturer's recommended use position on or against the caregiver's body.

*Infant restraint system* means a portion of a product intended to secure or hold an infant in place on the product. These typically take the form of straps or harnesses that are secured by the caregiver.

*Infant support surface* means the manufacturer's intended support surface for the infant during nursing or feeding.

*Maternity pillow,* also known as a pregnancy pillow, means a large body pillow intended, marketed, and designed to provide support to a pregnant adult's body during sleep or while lying down.

*Nursing pillow* means any product intended, marketed, or designed to position and support an infant close to a caregiver's body while breastfeeding or bottle feeding, including any removable covers, or slipcovers, sold on or together with such a product. These products rest upon, wrap around, or are worn by a caregiver in a seated or reclined position.

*Safety alert symbol* means a symbol consisting of an exclamation mark surrounded by an equilateral triangle, or an equilateral triangle with a contrasting superimposed exclamation mark. The safety alert symbol precedes the signal word “WARNING,” or other signal word, in the signal word panel of a warning.