THE PRODUCTS ARE HIP PROTECTORS CONSISTING OF SOFT AND COMFORTABLE KNITTED BRIEFS WITH AN ELASTICATED WAIST. THE PRODUCTS HAVE A LARGE FOAM PAD CENTRED OVER EACH HIP TO ABSORB THE IMPACT FROM A FALL AND PROTECT THE WEARER. THE PRODUCTS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN HOSPITALS TO PREVENT A HIP FRACTURE AMONG THE MOST FRAIL AND FRAGILE HOSPITAL IN- PATIENTS. THEY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT IMPACT PROTECTION TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A FRACTURE AFTER A FALL. THE PADS ARE HELD IN THE RIGHT POSITION OVER THE HIP BY SITTING IN POCKETS SEWN INTO A PAIR OF DISPOSABLE ELASTICATED BRIEFS. THE PRODUCT COMPOSITION IS 96% POLYESTER AND 4% ELASTANE.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 610821 BRIEFS AND PANTIES - OF COTTON GIR 3(b) HAS BEEN USED AS THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE PRODUCT IS GIVEN BY THE BRIEFS ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: CHAPTER 61 NOTE 9 THE PRINCIPLES OF EC COMMISSION REGULATION 437/2006