ASTM F406-99

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Designation: F 406 – 99
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Play Yards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 406; 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 the play yard incidents that were identified by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to play yard-related incidents reported to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS), this consumer safety specification attempts to minimize falls from play yards by
requirements for height of sides, rails strength, and warnings; scissoring, shearing, and pinching
injuries; strangulation by button entrapment in mesh openings; entrapment of body parts in holes or
between slats; collapse of the floor or sides; choking on vinyl bitten from the top rail; failure of locking
devices; and, suffocation in loose mesh or drop side models left with a side down in the down position.
This consumer safety specification is not intended to cover play yards that are either blatantly
misused or used in a careless manner that disregards the safety instructions in the warning statement
provided with each play yard.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of play yard
technology. The intent is to update this consumer safety specification when ever substantive
information becomes available which necessitates additional requirements or justifies revising the
existing requirements.
1. Scope 1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
as the standard. The values in parentheses are provided for
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes perfor-
information only.
mance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements
1.7 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
intended to enhance the safe construction and use of the play
test methods portion, Section 10, of this specification: This
yards with the child inside or outside of the unit.
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
1.2 This consumer safety specification is to minimize inju-
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
ries to children resulting from use and reasonably foreseeable
of this standard to establish appropriate safety, and health
misuse or abuse of play yards.
practices, and determine the applicability of regulatory limi-
1.3 This consumer safety specification is not intended to
tations prior to use.
address incidents and injuries resulting from the interaction of
older children with children in the play yard or accidents
2. Referenced Documents
resulting from the abuse or misuse by persons who exceed the
2.1 ASTM Standards:
physical criteria in 1.4.
D 1424 Test Method for Tearing Strength of Fabrics by
1.4 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a
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Falling-Pendulum Type (Elmendorf) Apparatus
play yard is a framed enclosure with a floor made for the
D 1683 Test Method for Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven
purpose of containing a child who is unable to climb out of the
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Fabrics
play yard and having a height of 35 in. (890 mm) or less, or
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
weighing not more than 30 lb (14 kg).
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Test
1.5 No play yard produced after the approval date of this
D 5034 Test Method for Breaking Strength and Elongation
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
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of Textile Fabrics (Grab Test)
means, indicate compliance with this consumer safety specifi-
F 966 Consumer Safety Specification for Full-Size and
cation unless it conforms to all requirements contained herein.
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Non-Full-Size Baby Crib Corner Post Extensions
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-15 on
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Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.18 on Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.01.
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Cribs, Toddler Beds, and Play Yards. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01.
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Current edition approved March 10, 1999. Published June 1999. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.02.
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published as F 406 – 77. Last previous edition F 406 – 97. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.07.
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