CPSC non-full-size crib standard part 1220.

Scope and the definition

"This part establishes a consumer product safety standard for new and used non-full-size baby cribs" (1220.1(a)). Like part 1219, the compliance date covers 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 crib, and it was June 28, 2011. Child care facilities, family child care homes and places of public accommodation affecting commerce had until December 28, 2012, and that later date applies only to offering or providing cribs for use, not to selling or placing them in commerce.

A non-full-size baby crib, per 1220.1(c)(1), is a bed that is designed to provide sleeping accommodations for an infant; intended for use "in or around the home, for travel, in a child care facility, in a family child care home, in a place of public accommodation affecting commerce and other purposes"; and has "an interior length dimension either greater than 139.7 cm (55 in.) or smaller than 126.3 cm (49 3/4 in.), or, an interior width dimension either greater than 77.7 cm (30 5/8 in.) or smaller than 64.3 cm (25 3/8 in.), or both."

The five named types

The definition "includes, but is not limited to" five types. A portable crib is "a non-full-size baby crib designed so that it may be folded or collapsed, without disassembly, to occupy a volume substantially less than the volume it occupies when it is used." A crib pen is "a non-full-size baby crib with rigid sides the legs of which may be removed or adjusted to provide a play pen or play yard for a child." A specialty crib is "an unconventionally shaped (circular, hexagonal, etc.) non-full-size baby crib incorporating a special mattress or other unconventional components." An undersize crib has an interior length under 126.3 cm or a width under 64.3 cm, or both; an oversize crib has an interior length over 139.7 cm or a width over 77.7 cm, or both.

The part also defines a play yard as "a framed enclosure that includes a floor and has mesh or fabric sided panels primarily intended to provide a play or sleeping environment for children. It may fold for storage or travel." Part 1236 and part 1241 point to a separate part 1221 for play yards; the definition here is used for the F406 carve-outs.

What is excluded

Section 1220.1(c)(1)(v) says the term "does not include mesh/net/screen cribs, nonrigidly constructed baby cribs, cradles (both rocker and pendulum types), car beds, baby baskets, and bassinets (also known as junior cribs)." That exclusion is why interior size alone cannot classify a bed. A bassinet can fall below 126.3 by 64.3 cm and still be outside part 1220. The checker has a box to mark an excluded type, which stops the size comparison.

The requirement: ASTM F406-24 with exclusions

Under 1220.2(a), each non-full-size crib "shall comply with all applicable provisions of ASTM F406-24, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards, approved on August 1, 2024," with the exceptions in paragraph (b). The 14 exclusions, each "do not comply with" the stated sections of F406-24, are:

• 5.6.2 through 5.6.2.4
• 5.16.2
• 5.19 through 5.19.2.2
• Section 7, Performance Requirements for Mesh/Fabric Products
• 8.11 through 8.11.2.4
• 8.12 through 8.12.2.2
• 8.14 through 8.14.2
• 8.15 through 8.15.3.3
• 8.16 through 8.16.3
• 8.28 through 8.28.3.2
• 8.29 through 8.29.3
• 8.30 through 8.30.5
• 8.31 through 8.31.9
• 9.6.1 through 9.6.1.4

The CFR does not say why each piece is left out; the pieces are identified by number only, so this page lists them without interpretation. The text of F406-24 itself is not part of the CFR and is not reproduced here. The rule was published January 31, 2025 (90 FR 8682) and corrected February 14, 2025 (90 FR 9608).

Why section 7 is on the list

Section 7 of F406-24, "Performance Requirements for Mesh/Fabric Products," is excluded from the 1220 requirement. The same ASTM document is incorporated for play yards in a different part. The 1241 mattress standard, for instance, refers to 16 CFR part 1221 for play yards when it lists the F406 sections an after-market play yard mattress must meet (Stability, Cord/Strap Length, Mattress, Height of Sides, Floor Strength, Mattress Vertical Displacement). So the carve-outs in 1220.2(b) are best read as dividing F406 between this part and the play yard part, though the CFR text does not state that reasoning.

Worked example

A folding travel crib measures 60 cm wide and 100 cm long inside. The width is under 64.3 cm and the length is under 126.3 cm, so it meets limb (iii) of the definition as an undersize crib; it is also a portable crib if it folds without disassembly. It is intended for travel, which 1220.1(c)(1)(ii) lists. It is not a bassinet or a mesh/net/screen crib, so no exclusion applies, and each applicable provision of F406-24, less the 14 listed pieces, applies. A 55-inch-long crib with a 30-inch interior width: 55 inches is 139.7 cm exactly, which is not "greater than" 139.7, and 30 inches is 76.2 cm, inside the width window. That bed is inside the full-size window and is a part 1219 crib, not a part 1220 crib.

Limits of this page

The checker compares two measurements with the numeric limits in 1220.1(c)(1)(iii) and respects the excluded-type box. It cannot decide whether a product is "designed to provide sleeping accommodations for an infant," whether a crib is "nonrigidly constructed," or which F406 sections apply to a given product. Certification, labeling and registration duties are outside part 1220. Read the eCFR text, current through October 29, 2026, before relying on any date.

Sources

Sources opened and 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)