Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through 23 Months

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1.1 This consumer safety performance specification provides safety and performance requirements for various types of public use play equipment such as, but not limited to, composite play structures, climbing structures, to-fro swings, spring rocking equipment, and slides. It is intended to apply to play equipment that is used in places of public assembly, including early care and education facilities, parks, or playgrounds. Public use play areas for children in this age range include both indoor (classroom) settings and outdoor playgrounds. Where appropriate, distinctions will be made between indoor and outdoor settings where there is supervision (for example, a play area that is part of an early care and education facility), and settings with unlimited access (for example, public playgrounds and parks).
1.2 The range of users encompassed by this consumer safety performance specification is the 5th percentile 6 month old through the 95th percentile 23 month old.
1.3 The purpose of this specification is to reduce the potential for life threatening and debilitating injuries.
1.4 Accessory toys attached to play equipment must meet all relevant standards including this consumer safety performance specification.
1.5 Home playground equipment, amusement park equipment, sports equipment, fitness equipment, soft contained play equipment, tricycles, toys, juvenile care products such as, but not limited to, infant swings, play yards, expansion gates, and expandable enclosures, furniture (including child-sized house play furnishings and sand/water tables intended primarily for indoor use), bassinets and cradles, infant walkers, bouncer seats, jumpers, infant stationary activity centers, and infant carriers are not included in the scope of this specification.
1.6 This consumer safety performance specification includes the following sections:
1.7 General Measures, Tolerances, and Conversions
1.7.1 The general tolerances for this specification are as follows unless otherwise specified.
1.8 See for figures referenced throughout this specification.
1.9 The text of this specification references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the 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 2373 – 05
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through
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23 Months
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2373; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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e NOTE—Figures A1.5, A1.36, and X1.3 were editorially updated in July 2006.
1. Scope
Title Section
Scope 1
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification pro-
Referenced Documents 2
videssafetyandperformancerequirementsforvarioustypesof
ASTM Standards 2.1
ANSI Standards 2.2
public use play equipment such as, but not limited to, compos-
Federal Standards 2.3
ite play structures, climbing structures, to-fro swings, spring
CPSC Documents 2.4
rocking equipment, and slides. It is intended to apply to play
UL Standard 2.5
European Standard 2.6
equipment that is used in places of public assembly, including
Terminology 3
early care and education facilities, parks, or playgrounds.
Materials and Manufacture 4
Publicuseplayareasforchildreninthisagerangeincludeboth General Requirements 4.1
Fasteners 4.2
indoor (classroom) settings and outdoor playgrounds. Where
Toxic or Hazardous Substances 4.3
appropriate, distinctions will be made between indoor and
Stuffing, Loose Fillers, and Padding Materials 4.4
outdoorsettingswherethereissupervision(forexample,aplay General Requirements 5
Compliance Documentation 5.1
area that is part of an early care and education facility), and
Small Parts 5.2
settings with unlimited access (for example, public play-
Asphyxiation Hazard 5.3
grounds and parks). Performance Requirements 6
Head and Neck Entrapment 6.1
1.2 Therangeofusersencompassedbythisconsumersafety
Sharp Points and Sharp Edges 6.2
performance specification is the 5th percentile 6 month old
Protrusions 6.3
through the 95th percentile 23 month old. Entanglement Hazards 6.4
Crush and Shear Points 6.5
1.3 The purpose of this specification is to reduce the
Ventilation 6.6
potential for life threatening and debilitating injuries.
Closures 6.7
1.4 Accessory toys attached to play equipment must meet Suspended Hazards 6.8
Requirements for Access and Egress 7
all relevant standards including this consumer safety perfor-
Access and Egress Components That Shall 7.1
mance specification.
Not Be Used
Adjacent Platforms 7.2
1.5 Home playground equipment, amusement park equip-
Step Ladders, Stairways, Flexible Access 7.3
ment, sports equipment, fitness equipment, soft contained play
Components, and Access Ramps
equipment, tricycles, toys, juvenile care products such as, but
Climbing Equipment Used for Access and Egress 7.4
Handrails and Other Means of Hand Support 7.5
not limited to, infant swings, play yards, expansion gates, and
Requirements for Platforms, Landings, and Other 8
expandable enclosures, furniture (including child-sized house
Designated Play Surfaces
play furnishings and sand/water tables intended primarily for
Platforms and Similar Surfaces 8.1
Adjacent Platforms 8.2
indoor use), bassinets and cradles, infant walkers, bouncer
Protective Barriers 8.3
seats, jumpers, infant stationary activity centers, and infant
Equipment Specifications 9
carriers are not included in the scope of this specification.
Equipment That Shall Not Be Used 9.1
Climbing Equipment 9.2
1.6 This consumer safety performance specification in-
Slides 9.3
cludes the following sections:
Spring Rocking Equipment Intended for Use Without 9.4
Adult Assistance
To-Fro Swings 9.5
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Structural Integrity and Stability 10
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
General Requirements 10.1
ConsumerProductsandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeF15.44onPlay
Structural Integrity Tests for Rungs, Steps, and 10.2
Equipment for Children Under Two.
Horizontal Supporting Members
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2005. Published December 2005.
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F2373–05
2. Referenced Documents
Title Section
Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for 10.3
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
Platforms and Ramps
D 2240 Test Method for Rubber Property—Durometer
Test for Dynamic Strength of Barriers and Handrails 10.4
Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for Slides 10.5
Hardness
Structural Integrity Test for Spring Rocking Equipment 10.6
F406 Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size
Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for Swings 10.7
Play Equipment Use Zones, Non-Encroachment Zones, 11 Baby Cribs/Play Yards
and Placement
F963 Consumer Saf
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