16 CFR 1203.5

§ 1203.5 Construction requirements—projections.

United States · 16 CFR — Commercial Practices · Status: effective

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Citation: 16 CFR 1203.5, § 1203.5 Construction requirements—projections, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/65461
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Any unfaired projection extending more than 7 mm (0.28 in.) from the helmet's outer surface shall break away or collapse when impacted with forces equivalent to those produced by the applicable impact-attenuation tests in § 1203.17 of this standard. There shall be no fixture on the helmet's inner surface projecting more than 2 mm into the helmet interior.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.