ASTM F2085-10a
(Specification)Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
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 3.1.1 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 This consumer safety specification includes the following sections:
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Designation: F2085 – 10a
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Portable Bed Rails
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2085; 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 (´) 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 address all the hazards of bed rails that are
either blatantly misused or used in a careless manner that disregards the instructional literature and
warning statements provided with each bed rail.
1. Scope
Title Section
Scope 1
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes require-
Referenced Documents 2
mentsfortheperformanceofportablebedrails.Italsocontains
Terminology 3
Calibration and Standardization 4
requirements for labeling and instructional literature.
General Requirements 5
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
Performance Requirements 6
mize hazards to children resulting from normal use and
Structural Integrity 6.1
Openings 6.2
reasonably foreseeable misuse of portable bed rails.
Enclosed Openings 6.3
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a
Openings Created by Bed Rail Displacement of Adjacent Style 6.4
portable bed rail is a device intended to be installed on an adult Portable Bed Rails
Openings Created by Displacement of Mattress-Top Portable 6.5
bed to prevent children from falling out of bed. These bed rails
Bed Rails
areintendedforchildrenwhocangetinandoutofanadultbed
Openings Created by Displacement of Portable Bed Rails In- 6.6
unassisted (typically from 2 to 5 years of age). tended for Use on Specific Manufacturers’ Beds
Protrusions 6.7
1.4 No bed rail as defined in 3.1.1 that is produced after the
Openings Between Bedposts (Headboard, Footboards, Etc.) 6.8
approval date of this consumer safety specification shall, either
and Ends of Portable Bed Rail
Test Equipment 7
by label or other means, indicate compliance with this speci-
Test Beds 7.1
fication unless it conforms to all the requirements contained
Torso Probe 7.2
herein.
Wedge Probe 7.3
Ring Gauge 7.4
1.5 This consumer safety specification includes the follow-
Weight Gauge 7.5
ing sections:
Test Methods 8
Test Method for Structural Integrity 8.1
Test Method for Enclosed Openings Within Portable Bed Rail 8.2
Test Method for Displacement of Adjacent Style Portable Bed 8.3
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit- Rails
Test Method for Displacement of 9Mattress-Top9 Style Portable 8.4
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Bed Rails
F15.11 on Bed Rails.
Test Method for Portable Bed Rails Intended for Use on a Spe- 8.5
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2010. Published November 2010. Originally
cific Manufacturer’s Bed
approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as F2085 – 10. DOI:
Test Method for Entanglement on Protrusions 8.6
10.1520/F2085-10A.
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3.1.3 bed manufacturer specific type portable bed rail,
Marking and Labeling 9
Permanency of Labels and Warnings 10
n—portable bed rail that is intended for use on a certain type
Instructional Literature 11
or model(s) of bed as specified by the manufacturer of the bed
Keywords 12
or bed rail, or both.
Rationale Appendix X1
3.1.4 conspicuous, adj—label that is visible, when the
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
portable bed rail is in the manufacturer’s recommended use
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
position, to a person standing near the unit at any one position
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
around the unit but not
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Designation:F2085–10 Designation: F2085 – 10a
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
1
Portable Bed Rails
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2085; 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 (´) 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 address all the hazards of bed rails that are
either blatantly misused or used in a careless manner that disregards the instructional literature and
warning statements provided with each bed rail.
1. 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 3.1.1 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 This consumer safety specification includes the following sections:
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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 F15.11
on Bed Rails.
Current edition approved May 15,Oct. 1, 2010. Published JulyNovember 2010. Originally approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 20092010 as F2085 – 109.
DOI: 10.1520/F2085-10A.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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Title Section
Scope 1
Referenced Documents 2
Terminology 3
Calibration and Standardization 4
General Requirements 5
Performance Requirements 6
Structural Integrity 6.1
Openings 6.2
Enclosed Openings 6.3
Openings Created by Bed Rail Displacement of Adjacent Style 6.4
Portable Bed Rails
Openings Created by Displacement of Mattress-Top Portable 6.5
Bed Rails
Openings Created by Displacement of Portable Bed Rails In- 6.6
tended for Use on Specific Manufacturers’ Beds
Protrusions 6.7
Openings Between Bedposts (Headboard, Footboards, Etc.) 6.8
and Ends of Portable Bed Rail
Test Equipment 7
Test Beds 7.1
Torso Probe 7.2
Wedge Probe 7.3
Ring Gauge 7.4
Weight Gauge 7.5
Test Methods 8
Test Method for Structural Integrity 8.1
Test Method for Enclosed Openings Within Portable Bed Rail 8.2
Test Method for Displacement of Adjacent Style Portable Bed 8.3
Rails
Test Method for Displacement of 9Mattress-Top9 Style Portable 8.4
Bed Rails
Test Method for Portable Bed Rails Intended for Use on a Spe- 8.5
cific Manufacturer’s Bed
Test Method for Entanglement on Protrusions 8.6
Marking and Labeling 9
Permanency of Labels and Warnings 10
Instructional Literature 11
Keywords 12
Rationale Appendix X1
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.7 The following precautionary caveat per
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