ASTM F2050-00

Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Hand-Held Infant Carriers

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification establishes performance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote safe use of a hand-held infant carrier by an occupant and caregiver.
1.2 This consumer safety performance specification is intended to minimize the risk of incidents to an occupant resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of a hand-held infant carrier.
1.3 No hand-held infant carrier produced after the approval date of this consumer safety performance specification, either by label or other means, shall indicate compliance with this specification, unless it conforms to all requirements contained herein.
1.4 This consumer safety performance specification is not intended to address accidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of other persons with the child occupant in a hand-held infant carrier or the accidents resulting from abuse and misuse by children able to walk.
1.5 This consumer safety specification is not intended to address incidents or injuries resulting from use of the product in a motor vehicle, nor is it intended to address any issues that may arise from the manufacturer meeting the certification requirements of FMVSS-213 or other applicable add on child restraint standards.
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety performance 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 test values in inch-pound units stated in this standard consumer safety specification are to be regarded as the standard. The metric values in parentheses are given for information only.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-2001
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.21 - Infant Carriers, Bouncers and Baby Swings

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F2050-01 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Hand-Held Infant Carriers
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2167-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bouncer Seats
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F3084-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant and Infant/Toddler Rockers
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 2050 – 00
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
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Hand-Held Infant Carriers
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2050; 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 performance specification is intended to mitigate potential safety hazards
associated with a child’s use of a hand-held infant carrier and thereby minimize the risk of injury or
death. The specific hazards addressed by this standard are carrier handle strength to support the
occupant, product tip over and falls from elevated surfaces.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification estab- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
lishes performance requirements, test methods and marking D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
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requirements to promote safe use of a hand-held infant carrier Test
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by an occupant and caregiver. F 963 Consumer Safety Specification on Toy Safety
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1.2 This consumer safety performance specification is in- 2.2 Federal Regulations:
tended to minimize the risk of incidents to an occupant 16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
or abuse of a hand-held infant carrier. 16 CFR 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations in-
1.3 No hand-held infant carrier produced after the approval cluding sections:
date of this consumer safety performance specification, either 16 CFR 1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a
by label or other means, shall indicate compliance with this Sharp Point in Toys or Other Articles Intended for Use by
specification, unless it conforms to all requirements contained Children Under Eight Years of Age
herein. 16 CFR 1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a
1.4 This consumer safety performance specification is not Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys or Other Articles
intended to address accidents and injuries resulting from the Intended for Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
interaction of other persons with the child occupant in a 16 CFR 1500.50–51 Test Methods for Simulating Use and
hand-held infant carrier or the accidents resulting from abuse Abuse of Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by
and misuse by children able to walk. Children
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the 16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety perfor- Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years
mance specification: This standard does not purport to address of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration or Ingestion
all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is Hazards Because of Small Parts
the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish 2.3 Other References:
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appropriate safety and health practices and determine the CAMI Infant Dummy, Mark II (see Fig. 1)
applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.6 The test values in inch-pound units stated in this
standard consumer safety specification are to be regarded as the
standard. The metric values in parentheses are given for
information only.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.07.
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Code of Federal Regulations, available from U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402.
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This consumer safety performance specification is under the jurisdiction of Department of Transportation Memorandum Report AAC-119-74-14, Revision
ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of II, Drawing No. SA-1001 by Richard Chandler, July 2, 1974, Federal Aviation
Subcommittee F15.21 on Infant Carriers and Swings. Administration, Civil Aeromedical Institute, Protection and Survival Laboratory,
Current edition approved July 10, 2000. Published August 2000. Aeromedical Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73125.
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F 2050
configuration for the use of the product by the manufacturer in
any descriptive or instructional literature. This specifically
excludes positions that the manufacturer shows in a like
manner in its literature to be unacceptable, unsafe or not
recommended.
3.1.4 non-paper label, n—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.
3.1.5 occupant, n—that individual who is in a product that
is set up in one
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