1. Regulations
  2. title 16
  3. chapter II
  4. part 1203
  5. subpart A
  6. § 1203.5

View all text of Subpart A [§ 1203.1 - § 1203.17]

§ 1203.5 - Construction requirements—projections.

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.

AUTHORITY: 15 U.S.C. 2056, 2058, and 6001-6006. Subpart B is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2063. Subpart C is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2065.

SOURCE: 63 FR 11729, Mar. 10, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 16 CFR 1203.5