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Federal Agency Sets New Safety Standards for Toddler Beds
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has come out with a new mandated set of toddler bed safety standards. The new rules are part of the requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which ordered the Consumer Product Safety Commission to set standards for cribs, beds and other children's products.
The new toddler bed safety standards will require that the upper edge of the guardrail be at least 5 inches above the bed’s mattress, and the bed’s spindle/slat strength testing correspond with the current crib testing requirements. Besides, the new rules require that manufacturers include warning...
CPSC Announces Ban on Drop Side Cribs
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
It’s official. Drop side cribs, which have been extremely popular in the US, have now officially been banned from the market place. The Consumer Product Safety Commission last week announced a complete ban on the manufacture, distribution, sale and importation of these cribs.
As a Houston injury lawyer, I greatly welcome this ban. Drop side cribs come with one side that can be moved up and down, allowing the parent to access the child inside the crib. These cribs quickly became very popular. However, the popularity concealed a dangerous defect. The drop side was prone to...
New Crib Safety Guidelines in the Pipeline
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 5-2 to implement safer standards for cribs. That decision by the agency comes because of numerous crib recalls over the past year that were linked to several injuries and fatalities. Most of these adverse incidents were linked to drop side cribs.
What the agency has recommended are just proposed guidelines, and there must be a final vote before the guidelines are approved. However, once these guidelines are approved-as Houston product liability lawyers believe they will be-parents can expect a much safer environment for their children than the current clip designs...
