Interpretation ID: nht73-4.49

DATE: 08/15/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Adams Rite Products, Inc.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in response to your July 25, 1973, request for copies of the Federal regulations concerning door locks and latches.

Federal Standard 206, Door Locks and Door Retention Components, is enclosed. It regulates passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, and trucks. These categories include ambulances and "motor homes", which are self-propelled units with sleeping accommodations, generally constructed on a light truck chassis. Most other "mobile homes" are not self-propelled and they qualify as trailers, which are not subject to this standard.

For your information, paragraph 9.1.2 of Ambulance Design Criteria has also been enclosed. This publication specifies the criteria which an ambulance must meet to qualify for Federal funding under the Highway Safety Program @ 402.

ENCS.

ADAMS RITE PRODUCTS, INC.

July 25, 1973

Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety Federal Highway Administration Department of Transportation Washington, D. C. 20590

Adams Rite Products manufactures locks and latches used on commercial aircraft. We have been receiving many inquiries from mobile home builders and ambulance fabricators to supply latches that meet federal safety requirements. To date we have been unable to obtain copies of these regulations.

Please forward two copies each of the regulations governing our type of equipment. If this is not under your jurisdiction, would you please forward this letter to the proper agency or notify us of the correct address.

Robert B. Hirsch Marketing, Technical Staff