ASTM F2085-03e1

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
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.11 - Bed Rails and Expandable Gates

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2085-03 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM F2085-06 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2006
• 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.
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e NOTE—Sections 6.1.1.1, 6.1.1.3, 6.1.2.1, and 6.1.2.3 were editorially corrected in July 2003.
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.
Thisconsumersafetyspecificationisnotintendedtocoverbedrailsthatareeitherblatantlymisused
or used in a careless manner that disregards the safety instructions in the warning statements provided
with each bed rail.
1. Scope 1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
test methods portion in Section 7 of this specification. This
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes require-
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
mentsfortheperformanceofportablebedrails.Italsocontains
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
requirements for labeling and instructional literature.
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory require-
mize hazards to children resulting from normal use and
ments prior to use.
reasonably foreseeable misuse of portable bed rails.
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a
2. Referenced Documents
portable bed rail is a device intended to be installed on an adult
2.1 ASTM Standards:
bed to prevent children from falling out of bed. These bed rails
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
are intended for children who can get in and out of an adult bed
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Test
unassisted (typically from 2 to 5 years of age.)
D 3574 TestMethodsforFlexibleCellularMaterials—Slab,
1.4 No bed rail as defined in 3.1.2 that is produced after the
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Bonded and Molded Urethane Foams
approval date of this consumer safety specification shall, either
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2.2 Federal Standards:
by label or other means, indicate compliance with this speci-
16 CFR Part 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and
fication unless it conforms to all the requirements contained
Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing
herein.
Paint
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
16 CFR Part 1500 Federal Hazardous SubstancesAct Regu-
as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for
lations, including Sections:
information only.
1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM 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
Point in Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by 5. Performance Requirements
Children Under 8 Years of Age
5.1 Openings—Holes or slots that extend entirely through a
1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
wallsectionofanyrigidmateriallessthan0.375-in.(9.53-mm)
Metal or Glass Edge in Toys and Other Articles Intended
thick and admit a 0.210-in. (5.33-mm) diameter rod shall also
for Use by Children Under 8 Years of Age
admit a 0.375-in. (9.53-mm) diameter rod. Holes or slots that
16 CFR Part 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
are between 0.210-in. (5.33-mm) and 0.375-in. (9.53
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