ASTM F2085-12
(Specification)Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes requirements for the performance of portable bed rails. It also contains requirements for labeling and instructional literature. This consumer safety specification does not cover guardrails that fall under the scope of Consumer Safety Specification F1821 or guardrails that are designed for a specific model of bed and which attaches at the headboard or footboard.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize hazards to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse of portable bed rails.
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a portable bed rail is a device intended to be installed on an adult bed to prevent children from falling out of bed. These bed rails are intended for children who can get in and out of an adult bed unassisted (typically from 2 to 5 years of age).
1.4 No bed rail as defined in 3.1.1 that is 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 the requirements contained herein.
1.5 This consumer safety specification includes the following sections:
TitleSection Scope1 Referenced Documents2 Terminology3 Calibration and Standardization4 General Requirements5 Performance Requirements6 Structural Integrity6.1 Openings6.2 Enclosed Openings6.3 Openings Created by Bed Rail Displacement of Adjacent Style Portable Bed Rails6.4 Openings Created by Displacement of Mattress-Top Portable Bed Rails6.5 Openings Created by Displacement of Portable Bed Rails Intended for Use on Specific Manufacturers' Beds6.6 Protrusions6.7 Openings Between Bedposts (Headboard, Footboards, Etc.) and Ends of Portable Bed Rail6.8 Bedrail components requiring consumer assembly6.9 Test Equipment7 Test Beds7.1 Torso Probe7.2 Wedge Probe7.3 Ring Gauge7.4 Weight Gauge7.5 Force Gauge7.6 Test Methods8 Test Method for Structural Integrity8.1 Test Method for Enclosed Openings Within Portable Bed Rail8.2 Test Method for Displacement of Adjacent Style Portable Bed Rails8.3 Test Method for Displacement of "Mattress-Top" Style Portable Bed Rails8.4 Test Method for Portable Bed Rails Intended for Use on a Specific Manufacturer’s Bed8.5 Test Method for Entanglement on Protrusions8.6 Marking and Labeling9 Permanency of Labels and Warnings10 Instructional Literature11 Keywords12 RationaleAppendix X1
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.7 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test methods portion in Section 8 of this 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 requirements prior to use.
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Designation:F2085 −12
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Portable Bed Rails
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2085; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses portable bed rail incidents that were identified by the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to incident data supplied by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts to
minimize the following type of potential hazard through labeling and performance requirements:
entrapment between the portable bed rail and mattress in the bed rail structure and entanglement on
protrusions. Entrapment of a child by the head or neck can result in asphyxiation.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of portable bed rail
technology. It is intended that this specification will be updated whenever substantive information
becomes available that necessitates additional requirements or justifies the revision of existing
requirements.
This consumer safety specification is not intended to address all the hazards of bed rails that are
either blatantly misused or used in a careless manner that disregards the instructional literature and
warning statements provided with each bed rail.
1. Scope by label or other means, indicate compliance with this speci-
fication unless it conforms to all the requirements contained
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes require-
herein.
mentsfortheperformanceofportablebedrails.Italsocontains
1.5 This consumer safety specification includes the follow-
requirements for labeling and instructional literature. This
ing sections:
consumer safety specification does not cover guardrails that
fallunderthescopeofConsumerSafetySpecificationF1821or Title Section
Scope 1
guardrails that are designed for a specific model of bed and
Referenced Documents 2
which attaches at the headboard or footboard.
Terminology 3
Calibration and Standardization 4
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
General Requirements 5
mize hazards to children resulting from normal use and
Performance Requirements 6
Structural Integrity 6.1
reasonably foreseeable misuse of portable bed rails.
Openings 6.2
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a Enclosed Openings 6.3
Openings Created by Bed Rail Displacement of Adjacent Style 6.4
portable bed rail is a device intended to be installed on an adult
Portable Bed Rails
bed to prevent children from falling out of bed. These bed rails
Openings Created by Displacement of Mattress-Top Portable 6.5
areintendedforchildrenwhocangetinandoutofanadultbed Bed Rails
Openings Created by Displacement of Portable Bed Rails 6.6
unassisted (typically from 2 to 5 years of age).
Intended for Use on Specific Manufacturers’ Beds
Protrusions 6.7
1.4 No bed rail as defined in 3.1.1 that is produced after the
Openings Between Bedposts (Headboard, Footboards, Etc.) 6.8
approval date of this consumer safety specification shall, either
and Ends of Portable Bed Rail
Bedrail components requiring consumer assembly 6.9
Test Equipment 7
Test Beds 7.1
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Torso Probe 7.2
This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Commit-
Wedge Probe 7.3
tee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Ring Gauge 7.4
F15.11 on Bed Rails.
Weight Gauge 7.5
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2012. Published January 2012. Originally
Force Gauge 7.6
approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as F2085 – 10a. DOI:
Test Methods 8
10.1520/F2085-12.
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FIG. 1Captive Hardware
16 CFR Part 1500 Federal Hazardous Substances Act
Test Method for Structural Integrity 8.1
Test Method for Enclosed Openings Within Portable Bed Rail 8.2
Regulations, including Sections:
Test Method for Displacement of Adjacent Style Portable Bed 8.3
16 CFR 1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a
Rails
Test Method for Displacement of 9Mattress-Top9 Style Portable 8.4 Sharp Point in Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use
Bed Rails
by Children Under 8 Years of Age
Test Method for Portable Bed Rails Intended for Use on a 8.5
16 CFR 1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a
Specific Manufacturer’s Bed
Test Method for Entanglement on Protrusions 8.6 Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys and Other Articles
Marking and Labeling 9
Intended for Use by Children Under 8 Years of Age
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Designation:F2085–10a Designation: F2085 – 12
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
1
Portable Bed Rails
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2085; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses portable bed rail incidents that were identified by the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
In response to incident data supplied by the CPSC, this consumer safety specification attempts to
minimize the following type of potential hazard through labeling and performance requirements:
entrapment between the portable bed rail and mattress in the bed rail structure and entanglement on
protrusions. Entrapment of a child by the head or neck can result in asphyxiation.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state-of-the-art of portable bed rail
technology. It is intended that this specification will be updated whenever substantive information
becomes available that necessitates additional requirements or justifies the revision of existing
requirements.
This consumer safety specification is not intended to address all the hazards of bed rails that are
either blatantly misused or used in a careless manner that disregards the instructional literature and
warning statements provided with each bed rail.
1. Scope
1.1This consumer safety specification establishes requirements for the performance of portable bed rails. It also contains
requirements for labeling and instructional literature.
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes requirements for the performance of portable bed rails. It also contains
requirements for labeling and instructional literature. This consumer safety specification does not cover guardrails that fall under
the scope of Consumer Safety Specification F1821 or guardrails that are designed for a specific model of bed and which attaches
at the headboard or footboard.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize hazards to children resulting from normal use and reasonably
foreseeable misuse of portable bed rails.
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a portable bed rail is a device intended to be installed on an adult bed
to prevent children from falling out of bed. These bed rails are intended for children who can get in and out of an adult bed
unassisted (typically from 2 to 5 years of age).
1.4 No bed rail as defined in 3.1.1 that is 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 the requirements contained herein.
1.5 This consumer safety specification includes the following sections:
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This consumer safety specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.11
on Bed Rails.
Current edition approved Oct.Jan. 1, 2010.2012. Published November 2010.January 2012. Originally approved in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as
F2085 – 10a. DOI: 10.1520/F2085-10A.10.1520/F2085-12.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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F2085 – 12
Title Section
Scope 1
Referenced Documents 2
Terminology 3
Calibration and Standardization 4
General Requirements 5
Performance Requirements 6
Structural Integrity 6.1
Openings 6.2
Enclosed Openings 6.3
Openings Created by Bed Rail Displacement of Adjacent Style 6.4
Portable Bed Rails
Openings Created by Displacement of Mattress-Top Portable 6.5
Bed Rails
Openings Created by Displacement of Portable Bed Rails In- 6.6
tended for Use on Specific Manufacturers’ Beds
Protrusions 6.7
Openings Between Bedposts (Headboard, Footboards, Etc.) 6.8
and Ends of Portable Bed Rail
Bedrail components requiring consumer assembly 6.9
Test Equipment 7
Test Beds 7.1
Torso Probe 7.2
Wedge Probe 7.3
Ring Gauge 7.4
Weight Gauge 7.5
Force Gauge 7.6
Test Methods 8
Test Method for Structural Integrity 8.1
Test Method for Enclosed Openings Within Portable Bed Rail 8.2
Test Method for Displacement of Adjacent Style Portable Bed 8.3
Rails
Test Method for Displacement of 9Mattress-Top9 Style Portable 8.4
Bed Rails
Test Method for Port
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