ASTM F2085-03

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes requirements for the performance of portable bed rails. It also contains requirements for labeling and instructional literature.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize hazards to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of portable bed rails.
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a portable bed rail is a device intended to be installed on an adult bed to prevent children from falling out of bed. These bed rails are intended for children who can get in and out of an adult bed unassisted (typically from 2 to 5 years of age.)
1.4 No bed rail as defined in 3.1.2 that is produced after the approval date of this consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test methods portion in 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 requirements prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-2003
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.11 - Bed Rails and Expandable Gates

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2085-01 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM F2085-03e1 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F2906-23 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bedside Sleepers
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F3186-17 - Standard Specification for Adult Portable Bed Rails and Related Products
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 2085 – 03
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Portable Bed Rails
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2085; 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 portable bed rail incidents that were identified by the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to incident data supplied by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts to
minimize the following type of potential hazard through labeling and performance requirements:
entrapment between the portable bed rail and mattress in the bed rail structure and entanglement on
protrusions. Entrapment of a child by the head or neck can result in asphyxiation.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of portable bed rail
technology. It is intended that this specification will be updated whenever substantive information
becomes available that necessitates additional requirements or justifies the revision of existing
requirements.
This consumer safety specification is not intended to cover bed rails that are either blatantly misused
or used in a careless manner that disregards the safety instructions in the warning statements provided
with each bed rail.
1. Scope standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes require-
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
ments for the performance of portable bed rails. It also contains
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory require-
requirements for labeling and instructional literature.
ments prior to use.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
mize hazards to children resulting from normal use and
2. Referenced Documents
reasonably foreseeable misuse of portable bed rails.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
portable bed rail is a device intended to be installed on an adult
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Test
bed to prevent children from falling out of bed. These bed rails
D 3574 Test Methods for Flexible Cellular Materials—Slab,
are intended for children who can get in and out of an adult bed
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Bonded and Molded Urethane Foams
unassisted (typically from 2 to 5 years of age.)
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2.2 Federal Standards:
1.4 No bed rail as defined in 3.1.2 that is produced after the
16 CFR Part 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and
approval date of this consumer safety specification shall, either
Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing
by label or other means, indicate compliance with this speci-
Paint
fication unless it conforms to all the requirements contained
16 CFR Part 1500 Federal Hazardous Substances Act Regu-
herein.
lations, including Sections:
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for
Point in Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by
information only.
Children Under 8 Years of Age
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
test methods portion in Section 7 of this specification. This
Metal or Glass Edge in Toys and Other Articles Intended
for Use by Children Under 8 Years of Age
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Commit-
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tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee See Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01.
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F15.11 on Bed Rails. See Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.02.
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Current edition approved April 10, 2003. Published June 2003. Originally Code of Federal Regulations, available from U.S. Government Printing Office,
approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as F 2085 – 01. Washington, DC 20402.
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F2085–03
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