Standard Specification for Protective Headgear Used in Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

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1.1 This specification covers performance requirements for helmets manufactured for users of electric personal assistive mobility devices.
1.2 All testing and requirements of this specification shall be in accordance with Test Methods F 1446, except where noted in this specification.
1.3 Partial utilization of this specification is prohibited. Any statement of compliance with this specification shall be a certification that the product meets all of the requirements of the specification in its entirety. A product that fails to meet any one of the requirements of this specification is considered to have failed the specification and should not be sold with any indication that it meets parts of the specification.

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An American National Standard
Designation: F 2416 – 06
Standard Specification for
Protective Headgear Used in Electric Personal Assistive
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Mobility Devices
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2416; 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.
1. Scope* 5. Anvils and Impact Velocities
1.1 This specification covers performance requirements for 5.1 Anvils to be used for impact tests in this specification
helmets manufactured for users of electric personal assistive are the flat, hemispherical, and curbstone anvils described in
mobility devices. Test Methods F 1446.
1.2 All testing and requirements of this specification shall 5.2 The helmet shall be dropped onto the flat anvil to
be in accordance with Test Methods F 1446, except where achieve an impact velocity of 6.2 m/s.
noted in this specification. 5.3 The helmet shall be dropped onto the hemispherical and
1.3 Partial utilization of this specification is prohibited.Any curbstone anvils to achieve an impact velocity of 4.8 m/s.
statement of compliance with this specification shall be a 5.4 The impact velocity shall be measured during the last 40
certification that the product meets all of the requirements of mm of free-fall for each test and shall be within 63 % of the
the specification in its entirety.Aproduct that fails to meet any velocities specified in 5.2 and 5.3.
one of the requirements of this specification is considered to
6. Marking the Test Line (Area of Required Coverage)
have failed the specification and should not be sold with any
indication that it meets parts of the specification. 6.1 The test line is shown in Fig. 1 and shall be marked in
accordance with Test Methods F 1446.
2. Referenced Documents
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7. Conditioning, Number of Samples, and Laboratory
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Environment
F 1446 Test Methods for Equipment and Procedures Used
inEvaluatingthePerformanceCharacteristicsofProtective 7.1 The test normally requires eight samples of each shell/
Headgear liner combination.
7.2 Conditioning of the samples to be tested is described in
3. Terminology
Test Methods F 1446.
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
8. Retention System Testing
3.1.1 electric personal assistive mobility device,
n—electrically-driven wheeled device for personal mobility 8.1 The ambient helmet shall be subjected to the positional
stability (roll-off) test in accordance withTest Methods F 1446,
with a speed limited to no more than 22.5 kph (14 mph).
usinga4kg drop mass from a height of 0.6 m.
4. Headforms
8.2 The hot, cold, and wet helmets shall be subjected to the
4.1 Headforms to be used in this specification are as dynamic strength retention test in accordance with Test Meth-
specified in Test Methods F 1446. The appropriate size head- ods F 1446, usinga4kg drop mass from a height of 0.6 m.The
form shall be selected for the helmet to be tested as specified retention system shall remain intact without elongating more
in Test Methods F 1446. than 30 mm.
8.3 Retention system testing shall be completed prior to
impact testing.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F08 on Sports
Equipment and Facilities and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F08.53 on
9. Impact Sites and Projections
Headgear and Helmets.
9.1 Impact sites are described in Test Methods F 1446.
Current edition approved May 1, 2006. Published May 2006. Originally
approved in 2004. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as F 2416 – 04.
9.2 Projections—Any unfaired projection extending more
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
than 7 mm from the helmet’s outer surface shall break away or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
collapse when impacted with forces equivalent to those pro-
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. duced by applicable impact-attenuation tests in Section 5.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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NOTE—The center of impact can be anywhere on or above the test line.
FIG. 1 Marking the Test Line
There shall be no fixture on the helmet’s inner surface 11. PeakAcceleration Requirements
projecting more than 2 mm into the helmet interior except
11.1 The peak acceleration (g, max) of the impulse during
occipital stabilizers and foam fit pads.
the impact shall be measured with equipment described in Test
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