[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1213.1]

[Page 357]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1213_SAFETY STANDARD FOR ENTRAPMENT HAZARDS IN BUNK BEDS--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec.  1213.1  Scope, application, and effective date.




Sec.  
1213.1 Scope, application, and effective date.
1213.2 Definitions.
1213.3 Requirements.
1213.4 Test methods.
1213.5 Marking and labeling.
1213.6 Instructions.
1213.7 Findings.

Figure 1 to Part 1213--Wedge Block for Tests in Sec.  1213.4(a), (b), 
          and (c)
Figure 2 to Part 1213--Test Template for Neck Entrapment
Figure 3 to Part 1213--Motion of Test Template Arrested by Simultaneous 
          Contact With Both Sides of ``A'' Section and Boundaries of 
          Opening
Figure 4 to Part 1213--Neck Portion of ``B'' Section of Template Enters 
          Completely Into Opening
Appendix to Part 1213--Findings Under the Consumer Product Safety Act

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056, 2058.

    Source: 64 FR 71899, Dec. 22, 1999, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Scope, basis, and purpose. This part 1213, a consumer product 
safety standard, prescribes requirements for bunk beds to reduce or 
eliminate the risk that children will die or be injured from being 
trapped between the upper bunk and the wall, in openings below 
guardrails, or in other structures in the bed.
    (b) Application and effective date. The standard in this part 
applies to all bunk beds, except those manufactured only for 
institutional use, that are manufactured in the United States, or 
imported, on or after June 19, 2000. (Facilities intended for use by 
children under age 6 are not considered to be institutions.) Bunk beds 
intended for use by children are subject to the requirements in 16 CFR 
1500.18(a)(18) and 16 CFR part 1513, and not to this part 1213. However, 
those regulations are substantively identical to the requirements in 
this part 1213.