ASTM F2088-01

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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2001
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.21 - Infant Carriers, Bouncers and Baby Swings

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F2088-03 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Swings
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F3343-20e1 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bathers
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 2088 – 01
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
This consumer safety specification addresses infant swing incidents identified by the U.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
2.1 ASTM Standards:
as identified in the introduction.
D 3359 Standard Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
Tape Test
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
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 Other Articles Intended for Use by
conforms to all requirements contained herein.
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.
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-
of Toys and Other Articles 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-
of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration, or Ingestion
Hazards Because of Small Parts
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Commit- 2.3 Other Documents:
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
F15.21 on Infant Carriers and Swings.
Current edition approved Mar. 10, 2001. Published September 2001.
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F 2088
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CAMI Infant Dummy, Mark II (see Fig. 1)
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CAMI Newborn Dummy (see Fig. 2)
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 conspicuous—a label which is visible, when the unit is
in a manufacturer’s recommended use position, to a person
standing near the unit at any one position around the infant
swing but not necessarily visible from all positions.
3.1.2 cradle swing—an infant swing which is intended for
use by a child lying on a flat surface.
3.1.3 dynamic load—application of impulsive force through
free fall of a weight.
3.1.4 infant swi
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