Designation:F1169−13StandardConsumerSafetySpecificationforFull-SizeBabyCribs1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1169;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisconsumersafetyspecificationaddressescribincidentsthatwereidentifiedbytheU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission(CPSC).CPSCreceivedreportsofstrangulationsincidentsassociatedwithcribcornerpostextensionsandincidentsconcerningfailureofcribhardwareandotherstructuralcomponentsofcribsthatalsoresultedinfatalities.InresponsetotheincidentdatacollectedbytheCPSC,thisconsumersafetyspecificationattemptstominimizetheriskofinjuryordeathdueto:failureofmattresssupporthardware,failureofgluedorboltedconnections,sidelatchfailure,anddislodgmentofteethingrails.Thissafetyspecificationalsoaddressesincidentsassociatedwithpoormaintenanceorassemblybymeansofrequirementsforthecontentsofinstructionalliteraturethatmustaccompanyacrib.1.Scope1.1Thisconsumersafetyspecificationestablishesperfor-mancerequirementsandtestprocedurestodeterminethestructuralintegrityoffull-sizecribs.Italsocontainsdesignrequirementsaddressingentanglementoncribcornerpostextensions,andrequirementsforwarninglabelsandinstruc-tionalmaterial.Italsocoversbassinet,changingtable,orsimilaraccessoriestoacribthatwheninthemanufacturer’srecommendedusepositionareintheoccupantretentionarea.Theseaccessoriesshallalsocomplywiththeapplicablere-quirementsoftheASTMInternationalstandardsaddressingthoseaccessories.Forexample,achangingtablethatattachestoacribshallalsocomplywiththeapplicablerequirementsinConsumerSafetySpecificationF2388.Thisspecificationdoesnotcoverinflatableproducts.1.2Nocribproducedaftertheapprovaldateofthiscon-sumersafetyspecificationshall,eitherbylabelorothermeans,indicatecompliancewiththisspecificationunlessitconformstoallrequirementsc...
