Class 22 includes textile materials in an unprocessed state, specifically raw fibres.
This class also includes some finished goods that cannot be easily classified in the other "textile classes" (Cl. 23, Cl. 24 and Cl. 25), such as tents, awnings and sails. Sails are in Class 22 even though they are used with transport or sports apparatus, such as boats and ski sailing equipment, that belong to other classes.
Class 22 includes goods such as non-metallic slings for handling loads, bands for wrapping or binding, and ropes and string of natural or artificial fibres, paper or plastics. However, natural or synthetic yarns and threads for textile use, i.e. sewing, knitting, weaving, embroidering, or in the production of fabrics, are in Cl. 23.
Nets are also classified in Class 22, for example, fishing nets and animal feeding nets. It should be noted, however, that certain nets for specialized purposes can belong to other classes, such as safety nets in Cl. 9 and nets for sports in Cl. 28. The Alphabetical List should therefore be consulted when classifying nets.
Other finished products in Class 22 are sacks for transporting or storing goods and materials in bulk, mail bags, and bags of textile for packaging.
Finally, Class 22 includes padding, cushioning and stuffing materials, other than those made of paper or cardboard (which would be in Cl. 16) or those of rubber or plastics (which would be in Cl. 17). Padding and stuffing derived from natural sources (other than rubber), such as straw, horsehair, kapok, feathers and seaweed, are thus in Class 22.