Entrapment protection

Definition

The federal safety standard behind every opener, and the party it actually binds.

Why It Matters

It binds manufacturers and importers, not the installer. The standard requires an opener on a downward moving residential door to begin reversing within two seconds of meeting an obstruction, and the compliance statement is a label on the product carrying the year of the standard it meets. Testing is the manufacturer's duty, either unit by unit or under a reasonable testing program. So a buyer inheriting an installation book inherits no federal record duty at all. What it does inherit is the contractor's own file, which one state requires for five years after a project and opens to the registrar on demand.