ASTM F2088-03

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Swings

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes safety performance requirements, test methods, and labeling requirements to minimize the hazards to infants presented by swings as identified in the introduction.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize the risk of injuries to infants resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. It is not intended to address all incidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of other persons with the infant in the swing.
1.3 No swing 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 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.5 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 limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2003
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.21 - Infant Carriers, Bouncers and Baby Swings

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2088-01 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Swings
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM F2088-07 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Swings
• Effective Date: 15-Nov-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F3343-20e1 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bathers
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 2088 – 03
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Infant Swings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2088; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
ThisconsumersafetyspecificationaddressesinfantswingincidentsidentifiedbytheU.S.Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to incident data compiled by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts to
minimize the following: (1) swings tipping over or collapsing, (2) structural failures, and (3)
entanglement in the restraints or entrapment in leg holes. This consumer safety specification is
intended to cover normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. This
specification does not cover swings that are blatantly misused or used in a careless manner that
disregards the safety instructions and warnings provided with each infant swing.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of infant swing
technology and will be updated whenever substantive information becomes available that necessitates
additional requirements or justifies the revision of existing requirements.
1. Scope priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes safety
performance requirements, test methods, and labeling require-
2. Referenced Documents
ments to minimize the hazards to infants presented by swings
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
as identified in the introduction.
D 3359 Test Methods for MeasuringAdhesion by Tape Test
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
2.2 Federal Standards:
mize the risk of injuries to infants resulting from normal use
16 CFR Part 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and
and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. It
Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing
is not intended to address all incidents and injuries resulting
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Paint
from the interaction of other persons with the infant in the
16 CFR Part 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations
swing.
including sections:
1.3 No swing produced after the approval date of this
1500.48—Technical Requirements for Determining a
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
Sharp Point in Toys or OtherArticles Intended for Use by
means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it
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Children Under Eight Years of Age
conforms to all requirements contained herein.
1500.49—Technical Requirements for Determining a
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys or Other Articles
as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for
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Intended for Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
information only.
1500.50-.51—Test Method for Simulating Use and Abuse
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
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of Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children
test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety speci-
16 CFR Part 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
fication: This standard does not purport to address all of the
Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration, or Ingestion
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit- contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
F15.21 on Infant Carriers, Bouncers, and Baby Swings. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved March 10, 2003. Published April 2003. Originally AvailablefromU.S.GovernmentPrintingOfficeSuperintendentofDocuments,
approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as F 2088–01. 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Mail Stop: SDE, Washington, DC 20401.
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F2088–03
FIG. 2 CAMI Newborn Dummy
3.1.6 non-paper label—any label material (such as plastic
or metal) which either will not tear without the aid of tools or
tears leaving a sharply defined edge.
FIG. 1 CAMI Infant Dummy, Mark II
3.1.7 occupant—that individual who is in a product that is
set up in one of the manufa
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