ASTM F2167-01e1

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bouncer Seats

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers establishment of requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote safe use of an infant bouncer seat by an occupant and a caregiver.
1.2 For purposes of this consumer safety specification, an infant bouncer seat is a freestanding product intended to support an occupant in a reclined position to facilitate bouncing by the occupant, with the aid of a caregiver or by other means. Intended occupants are infants who have not developed the ability to sit up unassisted (approximately 0 to 6 months of age).
1.3 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize the risk of injury to an occupant resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of an infant bouncer seat.
1.4 No infant bouncer seat 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 This consumer safety specification is not intended to address incidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of other persons with the occupant in an infant bouncer seat or the incidents resulting from abuse or misuse by other children.
1.6 The test values in inch-pound units stated in this specification are to be regarded as the standard. The metric values in parentheses are given for information only.
1.6 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 requirements prior to use.

General Information

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

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2167-01 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bouncer Seats
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM F2167-05 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bouncer Seats
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2005
• Referred By: ASTM F3317-20 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Floor Seats
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F3343-20e1 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bathers
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F3084-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant and Infant/Toddler Rockers
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 2167 – 01
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Infant Bouncer Seats
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2167; 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—Section 5.11.2 was editorially corrected in June 2004.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification is intended to mitigate potential safety hazards associated with
a child’s use of an infant bouncer seat and thereby minimize the risk of injury or death. The specific
hazards addressed by this standard are product disassembly/collapse, stability, and falls from elevated
surfaces.
1. Scope responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers establishment
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
of requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to
promote safe use of an infant bouncer seat by an occupant and
2. Referenced Documents
a caregiver.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.2 For purposes of this consumer safety specification, an
D 3359 Test Method for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
infant bouncer seat is a freestanding product intended to
F 963 Standard Consumer Safety Specification on Toy
supportanoccupantinareclinedpositiontofacilitatebouncing
Safety
by the occupant, with the aid of a caregiver or by other means.
2.2 Federal Regulations:
Intended occupants are infants who have not developed the
16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
ability to sit up unassisted (approximately 0 to 6 months of
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Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
age).
16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) Banned Toys and Other Banned
1.3 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
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Articles Intended for Use by Children
mize the risk of injury to an occupant resulting from normal
16 CFR 1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a
use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of an infant
Sharp Point in Toys or OtherArticles Intended for Use by
bouncer seat.
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Children Under Eight Years of Age
1.4 No infant bouncer seat produced after the approval date
16 CFR 1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a
of this consumer safety specification shall, either by label or
Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys or Other Articles
other means, indicate compliance with this specification unless
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Intended for Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
it conforms to all requirements contained herein.
16 CFR 1500.50-.51 Test Methods for Simulating Use and
1.5 This consumer safety specification is not intended to
Abuse of Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by
address incidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of
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Children
other persons with the occupant in an infant bouncer seat or the
CFR 1500.86(a)(4) Exemptions from Classification as a
incidents resulting from abuse or misuse by other children.
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Banned Article for Use by Children
1.6 The test values in inch-pound units stated in this
16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
specification are to be regarded as the standard. The metric
Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years
values in parentheses are given for information only.
of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration or Ingestion
1.7 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
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Hazards Because of Small Parts
test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety speci-
fication: This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.21 on the ASTM website.
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Infant Carriers and Swings. Code of Federal Regulations, available from U.S. Government Printing Office,
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