A crib is a crib for children at high, often slatted, often moving pages, suitable for a child who has passed a crib or cot. When a small child tipping about 3 or 4 months old begins, the child has exceeded the crib and needs a bigger bed with better security. A crib safety is more important than its appearance. A brief description of the development of safety standards for cribs in the United States, is presented in this report.
No safety regulations are in force forConstruct cribs in the United States before 1974. In 1974 laws were passed mandatory safety standards that are followed by manufacturers of cribs. This was the result of an unfortunate series of injuries and deaths related to faulty design and lack of safety standards for cribs linked at this time. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) sets safety laws.
The Juvenile Product Manufacturers Association (JPMA) was born in 1959 and received its charter in 1962. JPMA is a recognizedorganization for promoting the safety of products dedicated to children. JPMA is a certification program that develops the requirements of quality, safety and functionality. ASTM International, originally as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is known, was founded over a century, is currently one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations around the world, a source of technical standards for materials, products , systems and services. ASTM F1169-09 refers to the latest securityStandards of a full-size crib. ASTM F1169-09 standards to ensure structural integrity and design requirements addressing entanglement of corner post extensions. It requires manufacturers to provide warnings and educational material for full-size crib. Nurseries are tested and are fully equipped to adapt the requirements of proof: Mattress Support System features vertical effects, pressure drop and stationary (static and cyclic) properties; cot-side spindle / slatTorque characteristics, and lock down features folding side panels, and plastic teething rail properties.
In August 1995, CPSC reports that used cribs each responsible for about 50 years, infant mortality. The report also said: cribs of children accounted for more deaths than any other nursery items, almost all reported victims were under the age of 2 and about 3/4th of the victims were younger than 1 year, the incidents occurred mainly in children at home, often children strangled or suffocatedif they are trapped in the crib side or end, which was from the rest of the crib because of loose or missing hardware has been disconnected. Some children are taken from undersized mattress and the side of the crib, the gaps created by missing or improperly attached mattress supports, or in areas between the blades broken or improperly distributed. Some children strangled when clothing or items around his neck caught on the crib corner posts or crib hardware. The majority of cribs involved in thein these incidents were previously owned or operated. They were "hand-me-downs" gifts from friends and relatives or by purchasing them in flea markets, flea markets and used furniture stores. The infant mortality were in cribs fell from about 150 to 200 in about 50 years, as well as the safety standards established in 1974.
CPSC recommends that cribs meet the following current recommendations:
1 Not missing, loose, broken or improperly installed screws, brackets or otherhardware support to lose the crib or the mattress.
2 Not more than 23 / 8 inches between crib slats so a baby's body can not pass through the slats. If a limo is inserted between the slats of a crib, the spaces between the slats are too wide.
3 An easy-fitting baby firm mattress so you do not get trapped between the mattress and the side of the crib.
There are more than 4-inch angle 1 / 16 above the end panels (unless they are about 16 cm high for a canopy) so baby can not takeClothing and strangle.
5 No cropping area on the head or footboard so baby's head not be left unresolved.
6 can support a mattress that is not easy to pull out of the corner posts so a child does not get trapped between the mattress and crib.
7 No cracks or peeling paint to prevent lead poisoning. 8 No splinters or rough edges.
JPMA certifies cribs that meet safety criteria of the CPSC and ASTM voluntary standards of safety. It 'important to use awell equipped for crib mattress for your child. The standard size of a mattress is about 515 / 8 inches x 271 / 4 inches. A standard crib mattress fits the new standard can not, however, mount an old crib made before 1974. Buy a standard size crib is JPMA certified with a standard size mattress for your child.
