[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: 16CFR1508.6]

[Page 538-539]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1508_REQUIREMENTS FOR FULL-SIZE BABY CRIBS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1508.6  Hardware.

    (a) A crib shall be designed and constructed in a manner that 
eliminates from any hardware accessible to a child within the crib the 
possibility of the hardware's presenting a mechanical

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hazard through pinching, bruising, lacerating, crushing, breaking, 
amputating, or otherwise injuring portions of the human body when the 
crib is in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage 
or abuse.
    (b) Locking or latching devices used to secure dropside rails shall 
require a minimum force of 4.5 kilograms (10 pounds) to activate the 
release mechanism or shall consist of a double-action device requiring 
two distinct actions to release.
    (c) Wood screws shall not be used in the assembly of stationary 
sides, dropside rails, folding rails, or stabilizing bars to crib ends 
or other components that must be removed by the consumer in the normal 
disassembly of a crib.