ASTM F1821-06

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toddler Beds

ABSTRACT
This consumer safety specification deals with the requirements for the design and performance of toddler beds. It also contains requirements for labeling and instructional material. This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize incidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of toddler beds. It does not address incidents resulting from alteration or unreasonable misuse. Materials shall be tested and shall conform to requirements of small parts, paint and surface coating, scissoring, shearing, and pinching, protective components, openings, labeling, corner post extensions, mattress retention, mattress support system, mattress support system attachment to end structures, guardrails, end structures, partially bounded openings, and permanency of labels and warnings.
SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers requirements for the design and performance of toddler beds. It also contains requirements for labeling and instructional material.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize incidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of toddler beds. It does not address incidents resulting from alteration or unreasonable misuse.
1.3 For the purposes of this consumer safety specification, a toddler bed is a bed that is sized to accept a full-size crib mattress and is intended for use by a child not less than 15 months of age and who weighs no more than 50 lb (27.7 kg).
1.4 No toddler bed produced after the approval date of this consumer safety specification shall indicate compliance with this specification, either by label or by other means, 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.
The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test methods portion, Section , 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 limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 28-Feb-2006
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.18 - Cribs, Toddler Beds, Play Yards, Bassinets, Cradles and Baby Changing Products

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F1821-03a - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toddler Beds
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2006
• Replaced By: ASTM F1821-09 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toddler Beds
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F3186-17 - Standard Specification for Adult Portable Bed Rails and Related Products
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2006
• Referred By: ASTM F2085-19 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2006

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1821 – 06
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Toddler Beds
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1821; 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 toddler bed incidents that were identified by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Inresponsetoincidentdatasuppliedbythecommission,thisconsumersafetyspecificationattempts
to minimize: entrapment in bed end structures, entrapment between the guardrail and side rail, and
entrapment in the mattress support system. Entrapment of a child’s head or neck can result in
asphyxiation. It also addresses corner post extensions, which may catch pacifier cords, ribbons,
necklaces, or clothing that a child may be wearing and which may be caught on a projection.
This consumer safety specification is written in accordance with the current available state-of-the-
art technology and will be updated whenever substantive information becomes available that
necessitates additional requirements or justifies a revision to existing requirements.
1. Scope priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers requirements
for the design and performance of toddler beds. It also contains
2. Referenced Documents
requirements for labeling and instructional material.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
D 3359 Test Methods for MeasuringAdhesion by Tape Test
mize incidents to children resulting from normal use and
D 3574 TestMethodsforFlexibleCellularMaterials—Slab,
reasonably foreseeable misuse of toddler beds. It does not
Bonded, and Molded Urethane Foams
address incidents resulting from alteration or unreasonable
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2.2 Code of Federal Regulations:
misuse.
16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
1.3 For the purposes of this consumer safety specification, a
Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
toddler bed is a bed that is sized to accept a full-size crib
16 CFR 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations, in-
mattress and is intended for use by a child not less than 15
cluding the following sections:
months of age and who weighs no more than 50 lb (27.7 kg).
16 CFR 1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a
1.4 No toddler bed produced after the approval date of this
Sharp Point in Toys and Other Articles Intended for
consumer safety specification shall indicate compliance with
Children Under 8 Years of Age
this specification, either by label or by other means, unless it
16 CFR 1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a
conforms to all the requirements contained herein.
Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys and Other Articles
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
Intended for Children Under 8 Years of Age
as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for
16 CFR 1500 .50 -.53 Test Method for Simulating UseAnd
information only.
Abuse of Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use By
1.6 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
Children
test methods portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety
16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
specification: This standard does not purport to address all of
Articles Intended for Use by Children Under 3 Years of
the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration or Ingestion
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit- contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
F15.18onCribs,ToddlerBeds,PlayYards,Bassinets,CradlesandChangingTables.
the ASTM website.
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F1821–06
Hazards Because of Small Parts
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 bed, n—for the purpose
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