CPSC full-size baby crib standard part 1219.

The short version of a short part

Part 1219 is one of the shortest CPSC product standards because it hands the technical detail to a voluntary standard. Section 1219.1 sets scope, dates and definitions; 1219.2 says "each full-size baby crib must comply with all applicable provisions of ASTM F1169-25, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Full-Size Baby Cribs, approved December 15, 2025." The CFR text was most recently amended on May 4, 2026 (91 FR 23913), which is when that edition was incorporated. The ASTM document holds the tests; this page quotes only what the CFR itself says and does not reproduce ASTM F1169.

Scope: new and used

"This part establishes a consumer product safety standard for new and used full-size baby cribs" (1219.1(a)). The word "used" is the part that surprises resellers. Under 1219.1(b)(1), compliance applies to "the manufacture, sale, contract for sale or resale, lease, sublet, offer, provision for use, or other placement in the stream of commerce of a new or used full-size baby crib" on or after the compliance date. A secondhand crib offered for resale, or a crib offered for rent, is inside that list of acts.

Dates

Compliance with part 1219 "shall be required on June 28, 2011." A separate date applies to a narrower group in 1219.1(b)(2): "Child care facilities, family child care homes, and places of public accommodation affecting commerce shall be required to comply with this part on December 28, 2012." The text limits that later date to "the offer or provision for use of cribs by child care facilities, family child care homes, and places of public accommodation affecting commerce and not the sale, resale, or other placement in the stream of commerce of cribs by these entities." A hotel, in other words, had until December 28, 2012 to stop offering a noncomplying crib to guests, but could not sell one to anybody after June 28, 2011.

The regulation defines a place of public accommodation affecting commerce as "any inn, hotel, or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests," excluding an establishment "treated as an apartment building for purposes of any State or local law or regulation" and an establishment located in a building with not more than five rooms for rent that is "actually occupied as a residence by the proprietor."

The size definition

A full-size baby crib is a bed that is designed to provide sleeping accommodations for an infant, intended for use in the home, in a child care facility, a family child care home or a place of public accommodation affecting commerce, and "within a range of plus or minus 5.1 cm (plus or minus 2 in.) of the following interior dimensions": 71 plus or minus 1.6 cm (28 plus or minus 5/8 in.) wide and 133 plus or minus 1.6 cm (52 3/8 plus or minus 5/8 in.) long.

Stacking the two tolerances gives the window: width from 64.3 to 77.7 cm, length from 126.3 to 139.7 cm. The sum is arithmetic on the numbers in the text, and it matches the limits in the non-full-size crib definition in 16 CFR 1220.1(c)(1)(iii). Width is measured between the innermost surfaces of the crib sides and length between the innermost surfaces of the end panels, slats, rods or spindles, both "at the level of the mattress support spring in each of its adjustable positions and no more than 5 cm (2 in.) from the crib corner posts." If spindles are contoured or decorative, the measurement is taken from "the largest diameter of the first turned spindle within a range of 10 cm (4 in.) above the mattress support spring."

Worked example

A crib measures 28 1/2 inches wide and 53 inches long inside. In centimeters that is 72.4 by 134.6. Both numbers sit inside the window (64.3 to 77.7 and 126.3 to 139.7), so the bed is the right size for part 1219 if it meets the rest of the definition. A crib measuring 30 3/4 inches wide (78.1 cm) is outside the width range, so the non-full-size definition in part 1220 is the one to read, assuming the bed is not one of the types excluded there. The checker above performs this comparison and shows which dimension decides.

How it fits with the neighboring parts

Part 1219 sits in a family. Part 1220 covers non-full-size cribs, including portable cribs and play yards, and part 1241 covers crib mattresses, including full-size mattresses that must measure at least 27 1/4 by 51 5/8 inches. Part 1236 picks up infant sleep products not covered by 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221 or 1222. A product that is a crib by definition is therefore outside part 1236. Each of those parts has its own page in this set.

Limits of this page

The checker does one thing: it compares two interior measurements with the definition. It does not test a crib, read ASTM F1169-25, or decide whether the bed is "designed to provide sleeping accommodations for an infant." It does not cover certification duties, which come from other CPSC regulations, or registration card rules. The CFR text is current through October 29, 2026 per the eCFR; CPSC can amend it, so check the source before relying on a date or edition.

Sources

Sources opened and read November 2, 2026.

• eCFR: 16 CFR part 1219, safety standard for full-size baby cribs (current through October 29, 2026) (read November 2, 2026)
• eCFR: 16 CFR part 1220, safety standard for non-full-size baby cribs (current through October 29, 2026) (read November 2, 2026)
• eCFR: 16 CFR part 1241, safety standard for crib mattresses (current through October 29, 2026) (read November 2, 2026)
• eCFR: 16 CFR part 1236, safety standard for infant sleep products (current through October 29, 2026) (read November 2, 2026)