Designation:F404−15StandardConsumerSafetySpecificationforHighChairs1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF404;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisconsumersafetyspecificationaddresseshighchairincidentsthatwereidentifiedbytheU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission(CPSC).CPSCidentifiedinjuriestochildrenassociatedwithtraydisengagement,fallsresultingwhenchildrenstoodupontheseatofahighchair,entrapmentbetweenthetrayandtheseat,andtipover.Byfarthemostcommoninjuryresultedfromchildrenfallingwhentheywereabletostandupontheseatofthehighchairbecausetheywerenotsecuredbytherestrainingsystem.InresponsetotheincidentdatadevelopedbytheCommission,thisconsumersafetyperformancespecificationattemptstominimizetheabovelistedproblems.Thisconsumersafetyperformancespecificationdoesnotcoverhighchairsthatareeitherblatantlymisusedorareusedinacarelessmannerthatdisregardsthewarningsandsafetyinstructionsthatareprovidedwitheachhighchair.Thisconsumersafetyperformancespecificationiswrittenwithinthecurrentstate-of-the-artofhighchairtechnology.Itisintendedthatthisspecificationwillbeupdatedwheneversubstantiveinformationbecomesavailablethatnecessitatesadditionalrequirementsorjustifiestherevisionofexistingrequirements.1.Scope1.1Thisconsumersafetyspecificationcoverstheperfor-mancerequirementsandmethodsoftesttoensurethesatis-factoryperformanceofthehighchairandhighchairscreatedbyusingahighchairconversionkitandcomponent(s)fromanotherproduct.1.2Thisconsumersafetyspecificationisintendedtomini-mizeinjuriestochildrenresultingfromnormalusageandreasonablyforeseeablemisuseorabuseofhighchairs.NOTE1—Thisconsumersafetyspecificationisnotintendedtoaddressaccidentsandinjuriesresultingfromtheinteractionofolderchildrenwithchildreninthehighchairortheaccidentsresultingfromabuseandmisusebyp...
