ASTM F977-03

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Walkers

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers performance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote safe use of the infant walker (see 3.1).
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize accidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of walkers.
1.3 No walker 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.
1.4 This consumer safety specification is not intended to address accidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of other persons with the child in the walker or the accidents resulting from abuse and misuse by children able to walk.
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, 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 limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2003
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.17 - Carriages, Strollers, Walkers and Stationary Activity Centers

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F977-00 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Walkers
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM F977-07 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Walkers
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F2090-21 - Standard Specification for Window Fall Prevention Devices With Emergency Escape (Egress) Release Mechanisms
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F2236-16a - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Soft Infant and Toddler Carriers
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F1967-19 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bath Seats
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 977 – 03
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Infant Walkers
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 977; 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 walker incidents that were identified by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
BasedondatacollectedbytheCPSC,themajorityofincidentsinvolvedchildrenfallingdownstairs
orstepsinwalkers.Otherincidentsinvolvedchildrentippingoverinwalkersoraccessinghotsurfaces
or liquids. The injuries associated with these incidents ranged from cuts and bruises to burns, skull
fractures, and deaths. Most of the children injured were under 15 months old.
In response to the incident data provided by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts
to minimize the risk of injury or death associated with children in walkers falling down stairs or
between levels, or tipping over. It also contains provisions to address the risk of injury associated with
walker seating systems and folding mechanisms.
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 performance
requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to
2. Referenced Documents
promote safe use of the infant walker (see 3.1).
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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 accidents to children resulting from normal use and
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2.2 Federal Regulations:
reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of walkers.
16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
1.3 No walker produced after the approval date of this
Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
16 CFR 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations In-
means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it
cluding Sections:
conforms to all requirements contained herein.
1500.18 (a) (6) Banned Toys and Other Banned Articles
1.4 This consumer safety specification is not intended to
Intended for Use by Children
address accidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of
1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
other persons with the child in the walker or the accidents
Point in Toys or Other Articles Intended for Use by
resulting from abuse and misuse by children able to walk.
Children Under Eight Years of Age
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for
MetalorGlassEdgeinToysorOtherArticlesIntendedfor
information only.
Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
1500.50–.52 Test Methods for Simulating Use andAbuse of
test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety speci-
Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children
fication: This standard does not purport to address all of the
1500.86 (a) (4) Exemptions from Classification as a Banned
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Article for Use by Children
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other
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This consumer safety performance specification is under the jurisdiction of For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Subcommittee F15.17 on Carriages, Strollers, Walkers, and Stationary Activity Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Centers. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved March 10, 2003. Published April 2003. Originally AvailablefromU.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice,N.CapitalandHStreets,NW,
approved in 1986. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as F 977 – 00. Washington, DC 20401.
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F977–03
4. Calibration and Standardization
4.1 All testing shall be conducted on a concrete floor that
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may be covered with ⁄8 in. (3 mm) thick vinyl floor cover,
unless test instructs differently.
4.2 The walker shall be completely assembled, unless oth-
erwise noted, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruc-
tions.
4.3 No testing shall be conducted within 48
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