ASTM F404-04e1
(Specification)Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs
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1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the performance requirements and methods of test to ensure the satisfactory performance of the high chair.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize injuries to children resulting from normal usage and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of high chairs. Note 1
This consumer safety specification is not intended to address accidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of older children with children in the high chair or the accidents resulting from abuse and misuse by persons over three years of age.
1.3 For purposes of this consumer safety specification, a high chair is a free standing chair that elevates a child to standard dining table height. The high chair is made for the purpose of holding a child, up to 3 years of age, who can remain in a sitting position due to the child's own coordination, and normally for the purposes of feeding or eating. A high chair may be height adjustable and include a reclined position for infants not able to remain in a sitting position due to the child's own coordination.
1.4 No high chair 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.
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for information only.
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion, , 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.
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Designation: F 404 – 04
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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High Chairs
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 404; 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—Keywords were editorially updated in June 2006.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety performance specification addresses high chair incidents that were identified
by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
CPSC identified injuries to children associated with tray disengagement, falls resulting when
children stood up on the seat of a high chair, entrapment between the tray and the seat, and tipover.
By far the most common injury resulted from children falling when they were able to stand up on the
seat of the high chair because they were not secured by the restraining system. In response to the
incident data developed by the Commission, this consumer safety performance specification attempts
to minimize the above listed problems.
This consumer safety performance specification does not cover high chairs that are either blatantly
misused or are used in a careless manner that disregards the warnings and safety instructions that are
provided with each high chair.
This consumer safety performance specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of high
chair 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.
children in the high chair or the accidents resulting from abuse and misuse
1. Scope
by persons over three years of age.
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the perfor-
1.3 For purposes of this consumer safety specification, a
mance requirements and methods of test to ensure the satis-
high chair is a free standing chair that elevates a child to
factory performance of the high chair.
standard dining table height. The high chair is made for the
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
purpose of holding a child, up to 3 years of age, who can
mize injuries to children resulting from normal usage and
remaininasittingpositionduetothechild’sowncoordination,
reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of high chairs.
andnormallyforthepurposesoffeedingoreating.Ahighchair
NOTE 1—This consumer safety specification is not intended to address
may be height adjustable and include a reclined position for
accidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of older children with
infants not able to remain in a sitting position due to the child’s
own coordination.
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1.4 No high chair produced after the approval date of this
This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit-
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
F15.16 on Highchairs, Hook-On Chairs and Expandable Gates.
means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it
Current edition approved July 1, 2004. Published July 2004. Originally approved
conforms to all requirements contained herein.
in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as F 404 – 99a.
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F404–04
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded 3.1.5 occupant—that individual who is in a product in one
as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for of the manufacturer’s recommended use positions.
information only. 3.1.6 paper label—any label material (except fabric) that
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the tears without the aid of tools and leaves a fibrous edge.
test method portion, 9, of this specification: This standard does 3.1.7 Permanent (Label/Warning Attachment):
not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, 3.1.7.1 labels not attached by a seam:
associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this (1) a nonpaper label or decal shall be considered permanent
standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices if, during an attempt to manually remove it without the aid of
and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior tools or solvents, it cannot be removed or such action damages
to use. the surface to which it is attached.
(2) a paper label shall be considered permanent if, during an
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