This checklist is a safety guide to help you when buying new or secondhand nursery equipment. It also can be used when checking over nursery equipment now in use in your home or in other facilities that car for infants and young children. If the equipment can be repaired, do the repairs before you allow any child to use it. The Consumer Product Safety Commission's concern is that the children in your care have a safe environment in which to grow. Carrier has restraining strap to secure child.
Leg openings are small enough to prevent child from slipping out.
Leg openings are large enough to prevent chafing. Frames have no pinch points in the folding mechanism. Carrier has padded covering over metal frame near baby's face. By then baby's neck is able to withstand jolts and not sustain an injury. Legs have strong, effective locks to prevent folding while in use.