[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: 16CFR1509.7]

[Page 545]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1509_REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-FULL-SIZE BABY CRIBS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1509.7  Hardware.

    (a) The hardware in a non-full-size baby crib shall be designed and 
constructed to eliminate pinching, bruising, lacerating, crushing, 
amputating and/or other potentials for injury when the crib is in normal 
use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage or abuse.
    (b) Non-full-size baby cribs shall incorporate locking or latching 
devices for dropsides or folding sides or end panels. These devices 
shall require either a minimum force of 4.5 kilograms (10 pounds) for 
activation or at least two distinct actions to release them.
    (c) Woodscrews shall not be used in the assembly of any components 
that must be removed by the consumer in the normal disassembly of a non-
full-size baby crib.