Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 16 - Commercial Practices last revised: Nov 20, 2024
§ 1221.2 - Requirements for play yards.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each play yard must comply with all applicable provisions of ASTM F406-19, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards, approved on March 15, 2019. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You may obtain a copy of this ASTM standard from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; www.astm.org. You may inspect a copy at the Division of the Secretariat, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone 301-504-7923, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email [email protected], or go to: www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

(b) Comply with the ASTM F406-19 standard with the following exclusions:

(1) Do not comply with section 5.17 of ASTM F406-19.

(2) Do not comply with section 5.20 of ASTM F406-19.

(3) Do not comply with section 6, Performance Requirements for Rigid Sided Products, of ASTM F406-19.

(4) Do not comply with sections 8.1 through 8.10.5 of ASTM F406-19.

(5) Instead of complying with section 9.4.2.10 of ASTM F406-19, comply only with the following:

(i) 9.4.2.10 For products that have a separate mattress that is not permanently fixed in place: Use ONLY mattress/pad provided by manufacturer.

(ii) [Reserved]

(6) Do not comply with section 10.1.1.1 of ASTM F406-19.

[84 FR 56689, Oct. 23, 2019]
authority: Sec. 104, Pub. L. 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016 (15 U.S.C. 2056a)
source: 77 FR 52228, Aug. 29, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 16 CFR 1221.2