EN 16779-1 Textile Childcare Articles - Safety Requirements and Test Methods for Children's Bed Duvets - Part 1: Duvets (Excluding Duvet Covers)

The European standard "EN 16779-1 Textile childcare products - Safety requirements and test methods for children's cot duvets - Part 1: Duvets (excluding duvet covers)" describes the requirements for the safety of children's cot duvets, excluding removable duvet covers, which are used in the child's sleeping environment, i.e. designed to provide adequate warmth when sleeping in a cot or similar product where the child is not supervised. This standard includes requirements for cot duvets suitable for children up to 36 months. Bed duvets with permanent decorative outer fabrics, also known as cot duvets or covers, are also within the scope of this standard. Further research topics that may lead to the necessary improvement of the safety requirements for children's cot duvets are included in the annex of this standard (Annex E).

The requirements for removable cot duvet covers are outside the scope of this standard and are dealt with in “EN 16779-2 Textile childcare articles - Safety requirements and test methods for children's cot duvets - Part 2: Duvet covers (excluding duvets)”.

If a part of the cot cover is designed to provide an additional function, for example a play function, in addition to the requirements of this standard, this part is subject to the relevant standards and the relevant safety requirements.

For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions apply:

• Crib duvet refers to a bedding material consisting of a filling material permanently sewn into a textile cover designed to cover the child's body, intended for use in a crib or similar product, with or without a duvet cover.
• Crib duvet cover refers to removable bedding material designed to encase the crib duvet.
• A cradle is a children's bed consisting of a base and surrounded by high sides to prevent the child from falling.
• Harm is harm or damage that may occur to children's health.
• A hazard is a potential source of harm.
• Risk refers to the combination of the probability of harm occurring and the severity of that harm.
• Inherently safe design is the set of measures taken to eliminate hazards or reduce risks. This is achieved by changing the design or operating characteristics of the product or system.
• Asphyxia refers to an inadequate supply of air to the airways. Inadequate air supply can occur, for example, as a result of airflow being cut off as a result of suffocation or asphyxiation, or as a result of being trapped in an unventilated, enclosed space.
• Choking is the interruption of airflow resulting from internal asphyxia. Choking can occur, for example, as a result of inhaling an object, an object becoming lodged in the mouth or pharynx, or an object becoming lodged above the entrance to the lower airways.
• Breathlessness is the closure of airflow due to obstruction of the airways other than the mouth and nose.
• Cordage is any cord, chain, ribbon, rope or tape (including elastic material) made of any textile or non-textile material.
• Monofilament thread is a single strand of synthetic fiber.
• A burr is a roughness created by not cutting or finishing the material cleanly.
• Surface flash is the rapid spread of a flame over the surface of a material without igniting the underlying structure.
• A three-dimensional ornament is a decorative item attached to a cord that is thicker or wider than the cord itself.

The design requirements and test methods are described in this standard as follows:

• Crib quilts should not be designed, manufactured or supplied with ties or cords.
• Crib quilts should not have pockets.
• Maximum dimensions should be 120 cm x 140 cm. The crib quilt should be measured lying flat and without pre-stretching.
• Crib quilts should not be produced with plastic transfers (e.g. plastic printing) or coated fabrics.
• Crib quilts must not be designed, manufactured or supplied with magnetic components.
• A crib comforter set, a set consisting of two or more separate and detachable crib comforters, should be designed so that the child cannot slide between the separate crib comforters (e.g., they should be put together and placed in a single crib comforter cover and then closed).
• Single thread chain stitches described in the ISO 4915 standard are not allowed.
• In the seams, there should be a distance between the fabric edge and the seam line (not less than 5 mm).
• The seams must be sewn in such a way that one of the following conditions is met:
  • At least 3 stitches per 10 cm
  • If less than 3 stitches are used in 10 cm, the seam shall be tested as follows: jaw clamps fitted with 19 mm diameter discs are used. The clamps are fitted at an equal distance from the seam and at least 30 mm apart. A force of 5 N plus/minus 70 N is gradually applied between the two clamps over a period of approximately 2 seconds. The force is maintained for 10 seconds. The test is performed on this seam only once. It is determined whether the front of the 12 mm probe can be inserted through any opening in the seam using a maximum force of 10 N. Decorative and quilting stitches are excluded from this requirement.
• For exposed surfaces of the article, the maximum length of uncut float threads or uncut seams shall be 10 mm, and the maximum length of cut threads or cut seams shall be 20 mm.
• Monofilament threads should not be used.
• Labels should not be attached to the crib quilt in a loop shape or in a way that could create a loop when the crib quilt is used.
• Heat sealed or laser cut materials should not have sharp edges.
• The ends of labels or the edges of raw edge fabric should be secured to prevent unraveling. The security of the ends of labels can be verified by tactile inspection.
• Free-end labels must not exceed 75 mm in length.
• Children's cot quilts should not have three-dimensional decorations such as pompoms, tassels, beads, sequins, diamonds, glitter prints (e.g. plastic glue glitter and glitter spread) or cords.
• There should not be any decorations on the zipper puller.
• Fabrics and padding should be free of hard, sharp or foreign objects (i.e. any items not intended to be present, such as pins, staples, nails, loose staples, pieces of wood or insects or other infestations).
• Sliding fasteners must comply with the requirements of the EN 16732 standard.
• Top stops and elements (teeth) must be free of burrs and sharp edges. In cases where components of a slide fastener may come into contact with the skin, it is recommended that a plastic slide fastener with plastic top stops and bottom stops be used instead of a slide fastener with claw-type metal stops.

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