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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 23, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
opened 300 times, and at least an 11.24-pound force 50N is required to unlock it. The EN 1130:2019 standards latching requirement only simulates the action of unintentionally folding the products folding or adjustable legs, while the ASTM F219416e1 bassinet standard tests both the standard and the bassinet as a fully assembled product.
The ASTM F219416e1 bassinet standard requires products without a locking mechanism to withstand a 20pound force applied to the top edge of the bassinet in the direction most likely to cause it to fold. For products with a locking hinge or latch, the locking mechanism must withstand a 10-pound force in the direction most likely to release it. Staffs assessment is that testing the product fully assembled, as required by ASTM, is a better test because it simulates realistic use of the product.
The ASTM standard also includes a Removable Bassinet Bed Attachment to Base/Stand requirement and testing to address latching and locking devices intended to secure removable bassinet beds to the base/stand. These requirements and the test are unique because they address known incidents of false latching of a removable bassinet bed. By considering the latching, unintentional folding, and bassinet bed attachments to the stand requirements in total, staff assesses that the ASTM
F219416e1 bassinet standards latching requirements are adequate.

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iv. Stability Requirements The EN1330:2019 standard requires products not to tip over when a 19.87pound weight is placed on one side of the crib, while on the opposite sides top rail, a 6.74 pound-force is horizontally applied towards the weight. This test is similar to the ASTM
F219416e1 bassinet standard with reasonably similar forces. EN1330:2019
rationalizes the test, stating the product should remain stable when the child moves in the crib or when the crib swings along the amplitude permitted by the suspension device. ASTM
F219416e1 is based on U.S. incident data of a 2-year-old sibling pulling over a bassinet, which is a more severe condition than an infant moving within the product. Therefore, staff concludes the ASTM F219416e1 bassinet standards stability requirements are adequate.
v. EN 1130:2019 Summary The EN 1130:2019 childrens cribs and cradle standard has side height, sleep surface angle, and stability requirements similar to the ASTM
F219416e1 bassinet standard; however,
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the ASTM F219416e1 standard has a more extensive and stringent latching requirement.
c AS/NZS 4385:1996 Infants Rocking Cradles The Australian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 4385:1996 contains requirements for rocking and swinging angles used to develop some of the ASTM F219412 requirements. The ASTM rock/swing rest angle performance requirement is more stringent because the occupant surrogate, a CAMI dummy, is placed against the sidewall, resulting in higher rest angles.
i. Side Height The AS/NZS 4385:1996 standard requires a minimum side height of 11.81
inches 300 mm between the top of the mattress support to the top edge of the lowest rocking cradles side. The maximum mattress thickness the AS/
NZS standard permits is 2.95 inches 75mm. Therefore, the minimum side height between the top of the mattress and the top edge of the lowest side is 8.85 inches. This is similar to the ASTM
F219416e1 bassinet standard, which requires a minimum side height of 7.5
inches between the top of the mattress and the top of the lowest sidewall.
ii. Sleep Surface Angle The AS/NZS 4385:1996 standard requires the mattress angle on rocking cradles without a self-leveling device not to exceed 5 degrees and 10 degrees on rocking cradles with a self-leveling device. This is similar to the ASTM
F219416e1 bassinet standard, which requires a maximum sleep surface angle of 10 degrees.
iii. Latching Requirements The AS/NZS 4385:1996 standard does not contain any latching requirements to address the unintentional folding hazard. The ASTM F219416e1 bassinet standard is more stringent because it requires products without a locking mechanism to withstand a 20-pound force without folding, or a 10-pound force for hinges with locking mechanisms. The ASTM F219416e1
also addresses the false latching of a removable bassinet bed with requirements including an automatic locking latch or a false latch indicator.
iv. Stability Requirements The AS/NZS 4385:1996 standard requires a product not to tip over when a 19.84-pound 9 kg weight is on the mattress and a 4.49-pound force 20N is applied horizontally to the uppermost rail. This test is similar to the ASTM

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F219416e1 bassinet standard, which requires the product with simulated newborn occupant to withstand a 23pound vertical force and 5-lb. horizontal force along its side, without tipping.
The rationale in ASTM F2194 states the dual application of forces simulates a 2year-old male pulling on the side of the product; staff concludes that this is a reasonable scenario in which the product may tip over.
v. AS/NZS 4385:1996 Summary The AS/NZS 4385:1996 infants rocking cradle standard has a side height, sleep surface angle, and stability requirement similar to the ASTM
F219416e1 bassinet standard.
However, the ASTM F219416e1
bassinet standard has a more stringent latching requirement.
d Canadian Standard SOR/2016152
Cribs, Cradles, and Bassinets The Canadian standard SOR/2016
152 includes requirements for cribs, cradles, and bassinets. Staff focused their analysis on the requirements for bassinets, which are defined as providing sleeping accommodations for a child with sides to confine the child, and a sleep surface area less than or equal to 4000 cm2 620 in2.
i. Side Height The Canadian standard requires a minimum side height of 230 mm 9.05
inches, measured from the mattress support. Because ASTM F219416e1
allows a bassinet mattress of 1.5 inches, measuring from the upper surface of the mattress support to the upper surface of the side would be 1.5 inches greater than measuring from the upper surface of an uncompressed mattress. Therefore, staff advises that the 7.5-inch side height, from the upper surface of an uncompressed mattress, is functionally equivalent to the 9-inch side height, measured from the upper surface of the mattress support in the Canadian standard.
ii. Sleep Surface Angle The Canadian standard requires the sleep surface angle not to exceed 7
degrees, which is based on a 1995 study that demonstrated a discernable difference in infant ability between 5, 7, and 10 degrees in a side-to-side tilt.
Staff advises they understand that Health Canada selected 7 degrees and applied it to all sides of the product, regardless of head-to-toe or side-to-side tilt. The ASTM F219416e1 bassinets standard allows for a side-to-side resting angle of 7 degrees for rocking cradles, and limits head-to-toe angle to 10
degrees. As discussed in section
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