ASTM F2598-22

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Sealed Storage Chests such as Cedar Chests, Hope Chests, Blanket Chests, Keepsake Chests

ABSTRACT
This specification deals with consumer safety for clothing storage chests. It is intended to minimize the incidents and injuries to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of these chests. The design of the lid support, closures, and locks shall conform to their performance requirements. Test methods shall be done for lid support mechanisms and closures. Finishes and materials used in the construction of the chests shall be nonhazardous. All paints and coatings shall comply with the limitations of antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, and selenium.
SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the performance requirements and test methods to ensure the safety of chests.  
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize the incidents and injuries to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of these chests.  
1.3 This consumer safety specification applies to products commonly known as cedar chests, hope chests, blanket chests, and keepsake chests, or other similar closed rigid boxes designed and marketed as sealed storage containers for clothes, blankets, linens, keepsake or other household items. Products subject to these requirements are:  
1.3.1 Those with a single volume of 1.1 ft3  (0.031 m3) or more measured with all removable shelves or compartments removed from the product, and  
1.3.2 Those intended to create a tightly sealed storage space when the lid is closed for purposes such as the prevention of insect infestation and dust or dirt contamination.  
1.4 No chest 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 standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.  
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test methods portion, Section 5, 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, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.7 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-Jan-2022
• ICS: 97.140 - Furniture
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.42 - Furniture Safety

Standards Content (Sample)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F2598 −22
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
Sealed Storage Chests such as Cedar Chests, Hope Chests,
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Blanket Chests, Keepsake Chests
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2598; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses chest accidents that have been identified by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Products commonly referred to as cedar chests, hope chests, blanket chests, and keepsake chests
have been in use for well over a century. A design characteristic of these products involves the
necessity of a tight lid closure to create a sealed storage space for the prevention of insect infestation
and dust or dirt contamination.
Many of these products were originally equipped with locks or latching mechanisms that
automatically engage when the lid is closed.These locks or latching mechanisms can only be released
from outside the product. Children playing in these original products can be inadvertently trapped and
suffocate.
A CPSC Product Recall was issued as early as 1996 for products involving a major historical
product brand. This recall involved modifying the locking/latching mechanisms to prevent automatic
engagement when the lid is closed. This recall continues, and has expanded to include other brands
that utilized similar locks or latches, as well as the risk of child entrapment resulting from unexpected
lid closure.
This consumer safety specification attempts to minimize the following: (1) possible entrapment,
suffocation, and strangulation hazards associated with sudden lid closing or dropping and (2) possible
crushing, pinching, and laceration hazards associated with folding mechanisms, hinges, and lid
supports.
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1. Scope 1.3.1 Those with a single volume of 1.1 ft (0.031 m)or
more measured with all removable shelves or compartments
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the perfor-
removed from the product, and
mance requirements and test methods to ensure the safety of
1.3.2 Those intended to create a tightly sealed storage space
chests.
when the lid is closed for purposes such as the prevention of
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
insect infestation and dust or dirt contamination.
mize the incidents and injuries to children resulting from
normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of
1.4 No chest produced after the approval date of this
these chests.
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it
1.3 This consumer safety specification applies to products
conforms to all requirements contained herein.
commonly known as cedar chests, hope chests, blanket chests,
and keepsake chests, or other similar closed rigid boxes
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
designed and marketed as sealed storage containers for clothes,
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
blankets, linens, keepsake or other household items. Products
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
subject to these requirements are:
and are not considered standard.
1 1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit-
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
test methods portion, Section 5, of this specification: This
F15.42 on Furniture Safety.
standarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,
Current edition approved Jan. 15, 2022. Published February 2022. Originally
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approved in 2009. Last previous edition approved in 2017 as F2598 – 09 (2017) .
DOI: 10.1520/F2598-22. of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and
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environmental practices and determine the applicability of 3.2 Closures—Chest closures such as lids, covers, and doors
regulatory limitations prior to use. shall not be fitted with automatic locking devices.
1.7 This international standard was developed in accor-
3.3 Closures and lids shall be of a type that can be opened
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
with a forc
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Designation: F2598 − 09 (Reapproved 2017) F2598 − 22
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
Clothing Storage ChestsSealed Storage Chests such as
Cedar Chests, Hope Chests, Blanket Chests, Keepsake
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Chests
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2598; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Editorially updated Referenced Documents in Section 2 in June 2017.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses chest accidents that have been identified by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Products commonly referred to as cedar chests, hope chests, blanket chests, and keepsake chests
have been in use for well over a century. A design characteristic of these products involves the
necessity of a tight lid closure to create a sealed storage space for the prevention of insect infestation
and dust or dirt contamination.
Many of these products were originally equipped with locks or latching mechanisms that
automatically engage when the lid is closed. These locks or latching mechanisms can only be released
from outside the product. Children playing in these original products can be inadvertently trapped and
suffocate.
A CPSC Product Recall was issued as early as 1996 for products involving a major historical
product brand. This recall involved modifying the locking/latching mechanisms to prevent automatic
engagement when the lid is closed. This recall continues, and has expanded to include other brands
that utilized similar locks or latches, as well as the risk of child entrapment resulting from unexpected
lid closure.
This consumer safety specification attempts to minimize the following: (1) possible entrapment
entrapment, suffocation, and strangulation hazards associated with sudden lid closing or dropping and
(2) possible crushing, pinching, and laceration hazards associated with folding mechanisms, hinges,
and lid supports.
1. Scope
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the performance requirements and test methods to ensure the safety of chests.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize the incidents and injuries to children resulting from normal use and
reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of these chests.
1.3 This consumer safety specification applies to products known as clothes chests or other single-compartment closed rigid boxes
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.42
on Furniture Safety.
Current edition approved June 15, 2017Jan. 15, 2022. Published July 2017February 2022. Originally approved in 2009. Last previous edition approved in 20092017 as
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F2598 – 09.F2598 – 09 (2017) . DOI: 10.1520/F2598-09R17E01.10.1520/F2598-22.
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(sometimes referred to as “cedar chests”) that are commonly known as cedar chests, hope chests, blanket chests, and keepsake
chests, or other similar closed rigid boxes designed and marketed as sealed storage containers for clothes, blankets, or linens. The
products subject to the requirements are those with a single volume of 1.1 ftlinens, keepsake or other household items. Products
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subject to these requirements are: (0.031 m ) or more.
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1.3.1 Those with a single volume of 1.1 ft (0.031 m ) or more measured with all removable shelves or compartments removed
from the product, and
1.3.2 Those intended to create a tightly sealed storage space when the lid is closed for purposes such as the prevention of insect
infestation and dust or dirt contamination.
1.4 No chest 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 standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test methods portion, Section 5, of this specification: This standard
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