ASTM F406-99

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes testing requirements for structural integrity and performance requirements for non-full-size cribs/play yards, both rigid sided and mesh/fabric assemblies. It also provides requirements for labeling and instructional material. The term unit or product will refer to a non-full-size crib/play yard.
1.2 This specification covers products intended to provide sleeping and playing accommodations for a child (excluding bassinets, cradles, and baskets) that have an interior length dimension smaller than 49¾ in. (1263 mm) or an interior width dimension smaller than 25 3/8 in. (643 mm), or both. Such products are intended for a child who is less than 35 in. (890 mm) in height.
1.3 No product 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 applicable requirements contained herein, before and after all testing.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for information only.
1.5 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 8 , of this 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.
Note 1 - This consumer safety specification includes the following sections:
TitleSectionScope1Referenced Documents2ASTM Standards2.1Federal Regulations2.2Terminology3Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard 3.1Conspicuous3.1.1Cord3.1.2Dropside/Dropgate3.1.3Dynamic Load3.1.4Fabric3.1.5Foldable Side or End3.1.6Manufacturer's Recommended Use Position 3.1.7Mattress3.1.8Mesh3.1.9Mesh/Fabric Crib3.1.10Nonpaper Label3.1.11Occupant3.1.12Paper Label3.1.13Protrusion3.1.14Rigid Sided Crib3.1.15Seam3.1.16Static Load3.1.17Stationary Side3.1.18Structural Failure3.1.19Calibration and Standardization4General Requirements5Scissoring, Shearing, or Pinching5.6Latching and Locking Mechanisms5.7Openings5.8Protective Components5.9Labeling5.10Stability5.11Cord Length5.12Coil Springs5.13Mattress5.14Protrusions5.15Performance Requirements for Rigid Sided Units 6Vertical Impact Testing6.2Mattress Support Testing6.2.4Side or End Testing, or Both6.2.2Mattress Support System Testing6.3Side(s) and/or End(s) Latch Testing6.4Dropside Latch Testing6.4.1Foldable Side or End Latch Testing 6.4.2Plastic Teething Rail6.5Performance Requirements for Mesh/Fabric Units 7Height of Sides7.1Side Deflection and Strength7.2Floor Strength7.3Locking Device7.4Top Rail Covering Material7.5Mesh Requirements7.6Mesh Openings7.6.1Mesh Strength7.6.2Fabric Material Requirements7.7Fabric Strength7.7.1Mesh/Fabric Assembly Requirements7.8Sewn Assembly7.8.1Seam Strength7.8.2Mesh/Fabric Attachment Strength 7.8.3Test Methods8Mattress Support Impact Test for Rigid Sided Cribs8.1Side or End Impact Test, or Both, for Rigid Sided Cribs8.2Dropside Impact Test8.2.2Dropside Static Test8.2.3Stationary Side or Foldable Side Impact Test8.2.4Stationary Side or Foldable Side Static Test8.2.5Mattress Support System Test for Rigid Sided Cribs8.3Side or End Latch Test, or Both, for Rigid Sided Cribs8.4Test Method for Dropside Latch 8.4.2Procedure for Vertical Dropside Latch Tests8.4.3Procedure for Horizontally Hinged Dropside Latch Test8.4.4Test Procedure for Latches to Prevent Folding of a Foldable Side or End8.4.5Plastic Teething Rail Test for Rigid Sided Cribs8.5Procedure for Plastic Teething Rail Test8.5.2Side Deflection and Strength Tests for Mesh/Fabric Cribs8.6Floor Strength Test for Mesh/Fabric Cribs 8.7Locking Mechanism Test8.8Dropside Locking Device Test Method 8.8.1Folding Latch Test Method8.8.2Mesh Opening Test8.9Test for Strength of Mesh and Integrity of A...

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-2002
• ICS: 97.220.30 - Indoor sports equipment
• ICS: 97.220.40 - Outdoor and water sports equipment
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.18 - Cribs, Toddler Beds, Play Yards, Bassinets, Cradles and Baby Changing Products

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F406-02 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F1004-23 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2373-11(2017) - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through 23 Months
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F833-21 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Carriages and Strollers
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F404-21 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F963-17 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2388-21 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Baby Changing Products for Domestic Use
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2710-19 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Commercial Cribs
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2613-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Children's Chairs and Stools
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2088-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant and Cradle Swings
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2194-22e1 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2933-21a - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Crib Mattresses
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 406 – 99
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Play Yards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 406; 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
This consumer safety specification addresses the play yard incidents that were identified by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to play yard-related incidents reported to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS), this consumer safety specification attempts to minimize falls from play yards by
requirements for height of sides, rails strength, and warnings; scissoring, shearing, and pinching
injuries; strangulation by button entrapment in mesh openings; entrapment of body parts in holes or
between slats; collapse of the floor or sides; choking on vinyl bitten from the top rail; failure of locking
devices; and, suffocation in loose mesh or drop side models left with a side down in the down position.
This consumer safety specification is not intended to cover play yards that are either blatantly
misused or used in a careless manner that disregards the safety instructions in the warning statement
provided with each play yard.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of play yard
technology. The intent is to update this consumer safety specification when ever substantive
information becomes available which necessitates additional requirements or justifies revising the
existing requirements.
1. Scope 1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
as the standard. The values in parentheses are provided for
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes perfor-
information only.
mance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements
1.7 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
intended to enhance the safe construction and use of the play
test methods portion, Section 10, of this specification: This
yards with the child inside or outside of the unit.
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
1.2 This consumer safety specification is to minimize inju-
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
ries to children resulting from use and reasonably foreseeable
of this standard to establish appropriate safety, and health
misuse or abuse of play yards.
practices, and determine the applicability of regulatory limi-
1.3 This consumer safety specification is not intended to
tations prior to use.
address incidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of
older children with children in the play yard or accidents
2. Referenced Documents
resulting from the abuse or misuse by persons who exceed the
2.1 ASTM Standards:
physical criteria in 1.4.
D 1424 Test Method for Tearing Strength of Fabrics by
1.4 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a
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Falling-Pendulum Type (Elmendorf) Apparatus
play yard is a framed enclosure with a floor made for the
D 1683 Test Method for Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven
purpose of containing a child who is unable to climb out of the
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Fabrics
play yard and having a height of 35 in. (890 mm) or less, or
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
weighing not more than 30 lb (14 kg).
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Test
1.5 No play yard produced after the approval date of this
D 5034 Test Method for Breaking Strength and Elongation
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
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of Textile Fabrics (Grab Test)
means, indicate compliance with this consumer safety specifi-
F 966 Consumer Safety Specification for Full-Size and
cation unless it conforms to all requirements contained herein.
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Non-Full-Size Baby Crib Corner Post Extensions
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-15 on
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Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.18 on Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.01.
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Cribs, Toddler Beds, and Play Yards. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01.
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Current edition approved March 10, 1999. Published June 1999. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.02.
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published as F 406 – 77. Last previous edition F 406 – 97. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.07.
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