ASTM F2194-07ae1

ASTM F2194-07ae1 - 1.10.2007

1. Scope

1.1 This consumer safety specification covers 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 consumer safety performance specification covers products intended to provide sleeping accommodations (excluding full-size cribs or swings) for an infant up to approximately 5 months in age. Products used in conjunction with an infant swing are not covered by this specification.

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 consumer 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.

The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion Section 7 of this consumer safety performance 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

F963-23	Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety

16 CFR 1303	Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
16 CFR 1500	Hazardous Substances Act Regulations Including Sections
16 CFR 1500.48	Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp Point in Toys and Other Articles for Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
16 CFR 1500.49	Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys or Other Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
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 Parts
D3359-23	Standard Test Methods for Rating Adhesion by Tape Test
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.
CAMI Newborn Dummy	(See ) Drawing numbers 126-0000 through 126-0015 (sheets 1 through 3), 126-0017 through 126-0027, a parts list entitled Parts List for CAMI Newborn Dummy, and a construction manual entitled, Construction of the Newborn Infant Dummy (July 1992). Copies of the materials may be inspected at NHTSAs Docket Section 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5109, Washington, DC, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC.
F406-22	Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards