ASTM F2194-04a
Historical Standard: ASTM F2194-04a Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles
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ASTM F2194
1. Scope
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification establishes performance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote safe use of bassinets and cradles.
1.2 This consumer safety performance specification is intended to minimize the risks of incidents to an infant resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of a bassinet or cradle.
1.3 This specification covers products intended to provide sleeping accommodations (excluding full-size cribs, non-full-size cribs, and bassinets attached to play yards or swings) for an infant up to approximately 5 months in age. Products used in conjunction with a play yard, non-full-size crib, or an infant swing are not covered by this standard.
1.4 No bassinet or cradle produced after the approval date of this consumer safety performance specification shall, either by label or other means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it conforms to all requirements contained herein.
1.5 This safety performance specification is not intended to address incidents and injuries resulting from alteration or unreasonable abuse or misuse of the product by a child or child care giver.
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion Section 7 of this consumer safety specification. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
Other References
CAMI Dummy, MARK II (see ) Department of Transportation Memorandum Report AAC-119-74-14, Revision II, Drawing No. SA-1001 by Richard Chandler, July 2, 1974. Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aeromedical Institute, Protection and Survival Laboratory, Aeromedical Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73125.Federal Regulations:
16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration, or Ingestion Hazards Because of Small PartsASTM Standards
D3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
F406 Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards
F963 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
Keywords
bassinets; cradles;
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 97.190 (Equipment for children)
DOI: 10.1520/F2194-04A
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