ASTM F1004-02

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes minimum safety performance requirements, test methods, and requirements for labeling and instructional material to minimize hazards to young children resulting from the normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse and abuse of expansion gates and expandable enclosures.
1.2 Products known as expansion gates and expandable enclosures, or by any other name, which are in the scope of this consumer safety specification are intended for young children aged six months through 24 months, and are defined in Section 3.
1.3 Expansion gates and expandable enclosures defined in Section 3 are for domestic use and are not to be confused with other types of gates or enclosures that may be specifically designed for commercial, institutional, agricultural, pet use, or any other such use.
1.4 No expansion gate or expandable enclosure as defined in Section 3, that is, produced after the approval date of this consumer safety specification either by label or other means, shall indicate compliance with this specification unless it conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
1.5 For expediency, expansion gates and expandable enclosures as defined in Section 3 will heretofore be referred to in this consumer safety specification as "gates" and "enclosures" unless referred to definitively.
1.6 The following pertains only to the test methods portion, 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 limitations prior to use.
1.7 The values as stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The metric values given in parentheses are for information only.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jul-2002
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.16 - Highchairs and Hook-On Chairs

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F1004-02a - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

Designation: F 1004 – 02
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1004; 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 incidents of head and neck entrapment in children’s
expansion gates and expandable enclosures. It also addresses the ability of a pressure gate to resist a
push-out force.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) identified incidents that generally involved
a child’s head or neck, or both, becoming entrapped in diamond shaped openings and strangulation of
children in V-shapes at the top of accordion style expansion gates or expandable enclosures.
Additional incidents and injuries were identified that involved children attempting to climb up and
over expansion gates and expandable enclosures, and pushing or pulling pressure gates out of
doorways.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of gate and enclosure
technology. It is intended that this consumer safety specification will be updated whenever substantive
information becomes available, which necessitates additional requirements or justifies the revision of
existing requirements.
This specification does not address incidents in which gates or enclosures are blatantly misused
although warnings and safety instructions are required to be displayed prominently on and with each
gate or enclosure.
1. Scope shall indicate compliance with this specification unless it
conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes minimum
1.5 For expediency, expansion gates and expandable enclo-
safety performance requirements, test methods, and require-
sures as defined in Section 3 will heretofore be referred to in
ments for labeling and instructional material to minimize
this consumer safety specification as “gates” and “enclosures”
hazards to young children resulting from the normal use and
unless referred to definitively.
reasonably foreseeable misuse and abuse of expansion gates
1.6 The following pertains only to the test methods portion,
and expandable enclosures.
Section 7, of this specification. This standard does not purport
1.2 Products known as expansion gates and expandable
to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its
enclosures, or by any other name, which are in the scope of this
use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to
consumer safety specification are intended for young children
establish appropriate safety and health practices and deter-
aged six months through 24 months, and are defined in Section
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3.
1.7 The values as stated in inch-pound units are to be
1.3 Expansion gates and expandable enclosures defined in
regarded as the standard. The metric values given in parenthe-
Section 3 are for domestic use and are not to be confused with
ses are for information only.
other types of gates or enclosures that may be specifically
designed for commercial, institutional, agricultural, pet use, or
2. Referenced Documents
any other such use.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.4 No expansion gate or expandable enclosure as defined in
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
Section 3, that is, produced after the approval date of this
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Test
consumer safety specification either by label or other means,
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2.2 Federal Regulations:
16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.16 on
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Highchairs, Hook-On Chairs, and Expandable Gates. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01.
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Current edition approved July 10, 2002. Published August 2002. Originally Code of Federal Regulations is available from the Superintendent of Docu-
published as F 1004 – 86. Last previous edition F 1004 – 00. ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 21402.
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F1004–02
Consumer Products Bearing Lead Containing Paint 4. Calibration and Standardization
16 CFR 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations, In-
4.1 All testing shall be conducted on a concrete floor which
cluding Parts: 1
may be covered with ⁄8-in. (3-mm) thick vinyl floor cover,
16 CFR 1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a
unless the test instructs differently.
Sharp Point in Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use 4.2 The gate/expandable enclosure shall be completely as-
by Children Under Eight Years of
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