ASTM F1004-00

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes minimum safety performance requirements, test methods, and requirements for labeling and instructional material to minimize hazards to young children resulting from the normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse and abuse of expansion gates and expandable enclosures.
1.2 Products known as expansion gates and expandable enclosures, or by any other name, which are in the scope of this consumer safety specification are intended for young children aged six months through 24 months, and are defined in Section 3.
1.3 Expansion gates and expandable enclosures defined in Section 3 are for domestic use and are not to be confused with other types of gates or enclosures that may be specifically designed for commercial, institutional, agricultural, pet use, or any other such use.
1.4 No expansion gate or expandable enclosure as defined in Section 3, that is, produced after the approval date of this consumer safety specification either by label or other means, shall indicate compliance with this specification unless it conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
1.5 For expediency, expansion gates and expandable enclosures as defined in Section 3 will heretofore be referred to in this consumer safety specification as "gates" and "enclosures" unless referred to definitively.
1.6 The following pertains only to the test methods portion, Section 7, 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.
1.7 The values as stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The metric values given in parentheses are for information only.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Nov-2000
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.16 - Highchairs and Hook-On Chairs

Standards Content (Sample)

Designation: F 1004 – 00
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1004; 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 incidents of head and neck entrapment in children’s
expansion gates and expandable enclosures. It also addresses the ability of a pressure gate to resist a
push-out force.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) identified incidents that generally involved
a child’s head or neck, or both, becoming entrapped in diamond shaped openings and strangulation of
children in V-shapes at the top of accordion style expansion gates or expandable enclosures.
Additional incidents and injuries were identified that involved children attempting to climb up and
over expansion gates and expandable enclosures, and pushing or pulling pressure gates out of
doorways.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of gate and enclosure
technology. It is intended that this consumer safety specification will be updated whenever substantive
information becomes available, which necessitates additional requirements or justifies the revision of
existing requirements.
This specification does not address incidents in which gates or enclosures are blatantly misused
although warnings and safety instructions are required to be displayed prominently on and with each
gate or enclosure.
1. Scope conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
1.5 For expediency, expansion gates and expandable enclo-
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes minimum
sures as defined in Section 3 will heretofore be referred to in
safety performance requirements, test methods, and require-
this consumer safety specification as “gates” and “enclosures”
ments for labeling and instructional material to minimize
unless referred to definitively.
hazards to young children resulting from the normal use and
1.6 The following pertains only to the test methods portion,
reasonably foreseeable misuse and abuse of expansion gates
Section 7, of this specification. This standard does not purport
and expandable enclosures.
to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its
1.2 Products known as expansion gates and expandable
use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to
enclosures, or by any other name, which are in the scope of this
establish appropriate safety and health practices and deter-
consumer safety specification are intended for young children
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
aged six months through 24 months, and are defined in Section
1.7 The values as stated in inch-pound units are to be
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regarded as the standard. The metric values given in parenthe-
1.3 Expansion gates and expandable enclosures defined in
ses are for information only.
Section 3 are for domestic use and are not to be confused with
other types of gates or enclosures that may be specifically
2. Referenced Documents
designed for commercial, institutional, agricultural, pet use, or
2.1 ASTM Standards:
any other such use.
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
1.4 No expansion gate or expandable enclosure as defined in
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Test
Section 3, that is, produced after the approval date of this
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2.2 Federal Regulations:
consumer safety specification either by label or other means,
16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
shall indicate compliance with this specification unless it
Consumer Products Bearing Lead Containing Paint
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.16 on
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Highchairs, Hook-On Chairs, and Expandable Gates. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01.
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Current edition approved Nov. 10, 2000. Published February 2001. Originally Code of Federal Regulations is available from the Superintendent of Docu-
published as F 1004 – 86. Last previous edition F 1004 – 98. ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 21402.
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F 1004
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