ASTM F977-22e1

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Walkers

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers performance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote safe use of the infant walker (see 3.1).  
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize accidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of walkers.  
1.3 No walker produced after the approval date of this consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it conforms to all requirements contained herein.  
1.4 This consumer safety specification is not intended to address accidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of other persons with the child in the walker or the accidents resulting from abuse and misuse by children able to walk.  
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for information only.  
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, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.7 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-Jun-2022
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.17 - Carriages, Strollers, Walkers and Stationary Activity Centers

Standards Content (Sample)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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Designation:F977 −22
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Infant Walkers
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF977;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Note 8, Note 12, Note 16, and Note 17 were updated editorially in August 2022.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses walker incidents that were identified by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
BasedondatacollectedbytheCPSC,themajorityofincidentsinvolvedchildrenfallingdownstairs
orstepsinwalkers.Otherincidentsinvolvedchildrentippingoverinwalkersoraccessinghotsurfaces
or liquids. The injuries associated with these incidents ranged from cuts and bruises to burns, skull
fractures, and deaths. Most of the children injured were under 15 months old.
In response to the incident data provided by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts
to minimize the risk of injury or death associated with children in walkers falling down stairs or
betweenlevels,ortippingover.Italsocontainsprovisionstoaddresstheriskofinjuryassociatedwith
walker seating systems and folding mechanisms.
1. Scope safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers performance
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
promote safe use of the infant walker (see 3.1).
1.7 This international standard was developed in accor-
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
mize accidents to children resulting from normal use and
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of walkers.
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
1.3 No walker produced after the approval date of this
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it
2. Referenced Documents
conforms to all requirements contained herein.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.4 This consumer safety specification is not intended to
D3359Test Methods for Rating Adhesion by Tape Test
address accidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of
F963Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
other persons with the child in the walker or the accidents
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2.2 Federal Regulations:
resulting from abuse and misuse by children able to walk.
16 CFR 1303Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for
16CFR1500HazardousSubstancesActRegulationsInclud-
information only.
ing Sections:
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
1500.48Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety speci-
Point in Toys or Other Articles Intended for Use by
fication: This standard does not purport to address all of the
Children Under Eight Years of Age
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit- For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
F15.17 on Carriages, Strollers, Walkers and Stationary Activity Centers. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved June 15, 2022. Published July 2022. Originally the ASTM website.
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approved in 1986. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as F977–18. DOI: AvailablefromU.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice,N.CapitalandHStreets,NW,
10.1520/F0977-22E01. Washington, DC 20401.
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