ASTM F2088-08
(Specification)Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Swings
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Swings
SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes safety performance requirements, test methods, and labeling requirements to minimize the hazards to infants presented by swings as identified in the introduction.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize the risk of injuries to infants resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. It is not intended to address all incidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of other persons with the infant in the swing.
1.3 No swing 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 requirements contained herein.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.5 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 limitations prior to use.
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Designation: F 2088 – 08
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Infant Swings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2088; 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
ThisconsumersafetyspecificationaddressesinfantswingincidentsidentifiedbytheU.S.Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to incident data compiled by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts to
minimize the following: (1) swings tipping over or collapsing, (2) structural failures, and (3)
entanglement in the restraints or entrapment in leg holes. This consumer safety specification is
intended to cover normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. This
specification does not cover swings that are blatantly misused or used in a careless manner that
disregards the safety instructions and warnings provided with each infant swing.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of infant swing
technology and will be updated whenever substantive information becomes available that necessitates
additional requirements or justifies the revision of existing requirements.
1. Scope priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes safety
performance requirements, test methods, and labeling require-
2. Referenced Documents
ments to minimize the hazards to infants presented by swings
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
as identified in the introduction.
D 3359 Test Methods for MeasuringAdhesion by Tape Test
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
F 963 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
mize the risk of injuries to infants resulting from normal use
2.2 Federal Standards:
and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. It
16 CFR Part 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and
is not intended to address all incidents and injuries resulting
Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing
from the interaction of other persons with the infant in the
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Paint
swing.
16 CFR Part 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations
1.3 No swing produced after the approval date of this
including sections:
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
1500.48—Technical Requirements for Determining a
means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it
Sharp Point in Toys or OtherArticles Intended for Use by
conforms to all requirements contained herein.
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Children Under Eight Years of Age
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
1500.49—Technical Requirements for Determining a
as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for
Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys or Other Articles
information only.
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Intended for Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
1500.50-.51—Test Method for Simulating Use and Abuse
test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety speci-
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of Toys and OtherArticles Intended for Use by Children
fication: This standard does not purport to address all of the
16 CFR Part 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit- contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
F15.21 on Infant Carriers, Bouncers and Baby Swings. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved Jan. 15, 2008. Published March 2008. Originally AvailablefromU.S.GovernmentPrintingOfficeSuperintendentofDocuments,
approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as F 2088 – 07. 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Mail Stop: SDE, Washington, DC 20401.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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FIG. 2 CAMI Newborn Dummy
3.1.6 non-paper label, n—anylabelmaterial(suchasplastic
or metal) which either will not tear without the aid of tools or
tears leaving a sharply defined edge.
FIG. 1 CAMI Infant Dummy, Mark II
3.1.7 occupant, n—that individual who is in a product that
is set up in one of the manufact
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Designation:F 2088–07 Designation: F 2088 – 08
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
1
Infant Swings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2088; 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
ThisconsumersafetyspecificationaddressesinfantswingincidentsidentifiedbytheU.S.Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to incident data compiled by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts to
minimize the following: (1) swings tipping over or collapsing, (2) structural failures, and (3)
entanglement in the restraints or entrapment in leg holes. This consumer safety specification is
intended to cover normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. This
specification does not cover swings that are blatantly misused or used in a careless manner that
disregards the safety instructions and warnings provided with each infant swing.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of infant swing
technology and will be updated whenever substantive information becomes available that necessitates
additional requirements or justifies the revision of existing requirements.
1. Scope
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes safety performance requirements, test methods, and labeling requirements to
minimize the hazards to infants presented by swings as identified in the introduction.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize the risk of injuries to infants resulting from normal use and
reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of infant swings. It is not intended to address all incidents and injuries resulting from the
interaction of other persons with the infant in the swing.
1.3 No swing 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 requirements contained herein.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for
information only.
1.5 Thefollowingprecautionarycaveatpertainsonlytothetestmethodportion,Section7,ofthisconsumersafetyspecification:
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.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
F 963 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
2.2 Federal Standards:
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16 CFR Part 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
16 CFR Part 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations including sections:
1500.48—TechnicalRequirementsforDeterminingaSharpPointinToysorOtherArticlesIntendedforUsebyChildrenUnder
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Eight Years of Age
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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 F15.21
on Infant Carriers, Bouncers and Baby Swings.
Current edition approved Nov.Jan. 15, 2007.2008. Published JanuaryFebruary 2008. Originally approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 20032007 as
F 2088 – 037.
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For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Mail Stop: SDE, Washington, DC 20401.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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F 2088 – 08
1500.49—Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys or Other Articles Intended for Use
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by Children Under Eight Years of Age
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1500.50-.51—Test Method for Simulating Use and Abuse of Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children
16 CFR Part 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years of Age
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