ASTM F1821-19e1

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toddler Beds

ABSTRACT
This consumer safety specification deals with the requirements for the design and performance of toddler beds. It also contains requirements for labeling and instructional material. This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize incidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of toddler beds. It does not address incidents resulting from alteration or unreasonable misuse. Materials shall be tested and shall conform to requirements of small parts, paint and surface coating, scissoring, shearing, and pinching, protective components, openings, labeling, corner post extensions, mattress retention, mattress support system, mattress support system attachment to end structures, guardrails, end structures, partially bounded openings, and permanency of labels and warnings.
SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers requirements for the design and performance of toddler beds. It also contains requirements for labeling and instructional material.  
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize incidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of toddler beds. It does not address incidents resulting from alteration or unreasonable misuse.  
1.3 For the purposes of this consumer safety specification, a toddler bed is a bed that is sized to accept a full-size crib mattress and is intended for use by a child not less than 15 months of age and who weighs no more than 50 lb (27.7 kg).  
1.4 No toddler bed produced after the approval date of this consumer safety specification shall indicate compliance with this specification, either by label or by other means, unless it conforms to all the requirements contained herein.  
1.5 This consumer safety specification includes the following sections:    
Scope  
Section 1  
Referenced Documents  
Section 2  
Terminology  
Section 3  
Calibration and Standardization  
Section 4  
General Requirements  
Section 5  
Performance Requirement  
Section 6  
Test Methods  
Section 7  
Marking and Labeling  
Section 8  
Instructional Literature  
Section 9  
Keywords  
Section 10  
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.  
1.7 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test methods 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.  
1.8 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: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-May-2019
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.18 - Cribs, Toddler Beds, Play Yards, Bassinets, Cradles and Baby Changing Products

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:F1821 −19
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Toddler Beds
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1821; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Editorially corrected Section 7 in August 2019.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses toddler bed incidents that were identified by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Inresponsetoincidentdatasuppliedbythecommission,thisconsumersafetyspecificationattempts
to minimize: entrapment in bed end structures, entrapment between the guardrail and side rail, and
entrapment in the mattress support system. Entrapment of a child’s head or neck can result in
asphyxiation. It also addresses corner post extensions, which may catch pacifier cords, ribbons,
necklaces, or clothing that a child may be wearing and which may be caught on a projection.
This consumer safety specification is written in accordance with the current available state-of-the-
art technology and will be updated whenever substantive information becomes available that
necessitates additional requirements or justifies a revision to existing requirements.
1. Scope 1.5 This consumer safety specification includes the follow-
ing sections:
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers requirements
Scope Section 1
for the design and performance of toddler beds. It also contains
Referenced Documents Section 2
requirements for labeling and instructional material.
Terminology Section 3
Calibration and Standardization Section 4
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
General Requirements Section 5
mize incidents to children resulting from normal use and
Performance Requirement Section 6
reasonably foreseeable misuse of toddler beds. It does not Test Methods Section 7
Marking and Labeling Section 8
address incidents resulting from alteration or unreasonable
Instructional Literature Section 9
misuse.
Keywords Section 10
1.3 For the purposes of this consumer safety specification, a
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
toddler bed is a bed that is sized to accept a full-size crib
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
mattress and is intended for use by a child not less than 15
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
months of age and who weighs no more than 50 lb (27.7 kg).
and are not considered standard.
1.4 No toddler bed produced after the approval date of this
1.7 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
consumer safety specification shall indicate compliance with
test methods portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety
this specification, either by label or by other means, unless it
specification: This standard does not purport to address all of
conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit-
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
F15.18 on Cribs, Toddler Beds, Play Yards, Bassinets, Cradles and Baby Changing
Products.
1.8 This international standard was developed in accor-
CurrenteditionapprovedJune1,2019.PublishedJuly2019.Originallyapproved
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
in 1997. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as F1821 – 18. DOI: 10.1520/
F1821-19E01. ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
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Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom- any descriptive or instructional literature. This specifically
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical excludes positions that the manufacturer shows in a like
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. manner in its literature to be unacceptable, unsafe, or not
recommended.
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.7 mattress support system, n—those components of a
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
bed structure that support the mattress.
D3359 Test Methods for Rating Adhesion by Tape Test
3.1.8 non-paper label, n—any label material (such as plastic
D3574 Test Methods for Flexible Cellular Materials—Slab,
or metal) which either will not tear without the aid of tools, or
Bonded, and Molded Urethane Foams
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Designation: F1821 − 19 F1821 − 19
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Toddler Beds
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1821; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Editorially corrected Section 7 in August 2019.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses toddler bed incidents that were identified by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to incident data supplied by the commission, this consumer safety specification attempts
to minimize: entrapment in bed end structures, entrapment between the guardrail and side rail, and
entrapment in the mattress support system. Entrapment of a child’s head or neck can result in
asphyxiation. It also addresses corner post extensions, which may catch pacifier cords, ribbons,
necklaces, or clothing that a child may be wearing and which may be caught on a projection.
This consumer safety specification is written in accordance with the current available state-of-the-
art technology and will be updated whenever substantive information becomes available that
necessitates additional requirements or justifies a revision to existing requirements.
1. Scope
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers requirements for the design and performance of toddler beds. It also contains
requirements for labeling and instructional material.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize incidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably
foreseeable misuse of toddler beds. It does not address incidents resulting from alteration or unreasonable misuse.
1.3 For the purposes of this consumer safety specification, a toddler bed is a bed that is sized to accept a full-size crib mattress
and is intended for use by a child not less than 15 months of age and who weighs no more than 50 lb (27.7 kg).
1.4 No toddler bed produced after the approval date of this consumer safety specification shall indicate compliance with this
specification, either by label or by other means, unless it conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
1.5 This consumer safety specification includes the following sections:
Scope Section 1
Referenced Documents Section 2
Terminology Section 3
Calibration and Standardization Section 4
General Requirements Section 5
Performance Requirement Section 6
Test Methods Section 7
Marking and Labeling Section 8
Instructional Literature Section 9
Keywords Section 10
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.7 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test methods 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.
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.18
on Cribs, Toddler Beds, Play Yards, Bassinets, Cradles and Baby Changing Products.
Current edition approved June 1, 2019. Published July 2019. Originally approved in 1997. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as F1821 – 18. DOI:
10.1520/F1821-19.10.1520/F1821-19E01.
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1.8 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.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D3359 Test Methods for Rating Adhesion by Tape Test
D3574 Test Methods for Flexible Cellular Materials—Slab, Bonded, and Molded Urethane Foams
F1169 Consumer Safety Specification for Full-Size Baby Cribs
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2.2 Code of Federal Regulations:
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