---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1203.10"
title: "16"
number: "1203.10"
heading: "Selecting the test headform."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1203.10"
---

# §1203.10. Selecting the test headform.


A helmet shall be tested on the smallest of the headforms appropriate for the helmet sample. A headform size is appropriate for a helmet if all of the helmet's sizing pads are partially compressed when the helmet is equipped with its thickest sizing pads and positioned correctly on the reference headform.


## Notes

### Authority

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

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