ASTM F2194-04

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification establishes performance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote safe use of bassinets and cradles.
1.2 This consumer safety performance specification is intended to minimize the risks of incidents to an infant resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of a bassinet or cradle.
1.3 This specification covers products intended to provide sleeping accommodations (excluding full-size cribs, non-full-size cribs, and bassinets attached to play yards or swings) for an infant up to approximately 5 months in age. Products used in conjunction with a play yard, non-full-size crib, or an infant swing are not covered by this standard.
1.4 No bassinet or cradle produced after the approval date of this consumer safety performance specification shall, either by label or other means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it conforms to all requirements contained herein.
1.5 This safety performance specification is not intended to address incidents and injuries resulting from alteration or unreasonable abuse or misuse of the product by a child or child care giver.
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method 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 and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 29-Feb-2004
• 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

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2194-02 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM F2194-04a - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2088-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant and Cradle Swings
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2906-23 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bedside Sleepers
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2933-21a - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Crib Mattresses
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F3084-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant and Infant/Toddler Rockers
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 2194 – 04
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Bassinets and Cradles
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2194; 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 addresses infant bassinet and cradle incidents
identified by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to the incident data compiled by the CPSC, this consumer safety performance
specification attempts to minimize the following hazards: (1) suffocation, (2) tip over, (3) collapse, and
(4) hood detachment. This specification does not cover products that are blatantly misused or used in
a careless manner that disregards the safety instructions and warnings provided with each bassinet or
cradle.
1. Scope responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification estab-
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
lishes performance requirements, test methods, and marking
requirements to promote safe use of bassinets and cradles.
2. Referenced Documents
1.2 This consumer safety performance specification is in-
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
tended to minimize the risks of incidents to an infant resulting
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of a
F 963 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
bassinet or cradle.
F 966 Consumer Safety Specification for Full-Size and
1.3 This specification covers products intended to provide
Non-Full-Size Baby Crib Corner Post Extensions
sleeping accommodations (excluding full-size cribs, non–full-
2.2 Federal Regulations:
size cribs, and bassinets attached to play yards or swings) for
16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
an infant up to approximately 5 months in age. Products used
Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
in conjunction with a play yard, non–full-size crib, or an infant
16 CFR 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations In-
swing are not covered by this standard.
cluding Sections
1.4 No bassinet or cradle produced after the approval date of
16 CFR 1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a
this consumer safety performance specification shall, either by
Sharp Point in Toys and Other Articles for Use by
label or other means, indicate compliance with this specifica-
Children Under Eight Years of Age
tion unless it conforms to all requirements contained herein.
16 CFR 1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a
1.5 This safety performance specification is not intended to
Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys or Other Articles
address incidents and injuries resulting from alteration or
Intended for Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
unreasonable abuse or misuse of the product by a child or child
16 CFR 1500.50-.51 Test Methods for Simulating Use and
care giver.
Abuse of Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
Children
test method portion Section 7 of this consumer safety specifi-
16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
cation. This standard does not purport to address all of the
Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration, or Ingestion
Hazards Because of Small Parts
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
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Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.18 on For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Cribs, Toddler Beds, Play Yards, Bassinets, Cradles, and Changing Tables. contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published March 2004. Originally Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
approved in 2002. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as F 2194–02. the ASTM website.
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F2194–04
3.1.4 manufacturer’s recommended use position, n—any
position that is presented as a normal, allowable, or acceptable
configuration for the use of the product by the manufacturer in
any descri
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