ASTM_F_1004_-_15a.pdf

Designation:F100415aStandard Consumer Safety Specification forExpansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1004;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.INTRODUCTIONThis consumer safety specification addresses incidents of head and neck entrapment in childrensexpansion gates and expandable enclosures.It also addresses the ability of a pressure gate to resist apush-out force.The U.S.Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)identified incidents that generally involveda childs head or neck,or both,becoming entrapped in diamond shaped openings and strangulation ofchildren in V-shapes at the top of accordion style expansion gates or expandable enclosures.Additional incidents and injuries were identified that involved children attempting to climb up andover expansion gates and expandable enclosures,and pushing or pulling pressure gates out ofdoorways.This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of gate and enclosuretechnology.It is intended that this consumer safety specification will be updated whenever substantiveinformation becomes available,which necessitates additional requirements or justifies the revision ofexisting requirements.This specification does not address incidents in which gates or enclosures are blatantly misusedalthough warnings and safety instructions are required to be displayed prominently on and with eachgate or enclosure.1.Scope1.1 This consumer safety specification covers minimumsafety performance requirements,test methods,and require-ments for labeling and instructional material to minimizehazards to young children resulting from the normal use andreasonably foreseeable misuse and abuse of expansion gatesand expandable enclosures.1.2 Products known as expansion gates and expandableenclosures,or by any other name,which are in the scope of thisconsumer safety specification are intended for young childrenaged six months through 24 months,and are defined in Section3.1.3 Expansion gates and expandable enclosures defined inSection 3 are for domestic use and are not to be confused withother types of gates or enclosures that may be specificallydesigned for commercial,institutional,agricultural,pet use,orany other such use.1.4 No expansion gate or expandable enclosure as defined inSection 3,that is,produced after the approval date of thisconsumer safety specification either by label or other means,shall indicate compliance with this specification unless itconforms to all the requirements contained herein.1.5 For expediency,expansion gates and expandable enclo-sures as defined in Section 3 will heretofore be referred to inthis consumer safety specification as“gates”and“enclosures”unless referred to definitively.1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.7 The following pertains only to the test methods portion,Section 7,of this specification.This standard does not purportto address all of the safety concerns,if any,associated with itsuse.It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to1This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Commit-tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeF15.16 on Highchairs,Hook-On Chairs and Expandable Gates.Current edition approved July 15,2015.Published September 2015.Originallyapproved in 1986.Last previous edition approved in 2015 as F1004 15.DOI:10.1520/F1004-15A.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 establish appropriate safety and health practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape TestF406 Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-SizeBaby Cribs/Play Yards2.2 British Standard:3BS 4125 Specification for Safety Requirements for ChildSafety Barriers for Domestic Use2.3 Federal Regulations:416 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and CertainConsumer Products Bearing Lead Containing Paint16 CFR 1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations,In-cluding Parts:16 CFR 1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining aSharp Point in Toys and Other Articles Intended for Useby Children Under Eight Years of Age16 CFR 1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining aSharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys and Other ArticlesIntended for Use by Children Under Eight-Years of Age16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other Ar-ticles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years ofAge Which Present Choking,Aspiration,or Inge