Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Baby Monitors

ABSTRACT
This consumer safety specification addresses incidents associated with corded baby monitors that were identified by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), including strangulations as a result of entanglement in cords. It establishes requirements for corded baby monitors, including audio monitors, video monitors, and motion sensor monitors. It also provides requirements for labeling, instructional material and packaging, and is intended to minimize injuries to children resulting from normal usage and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of baby monitors. This specification also addresses calibration and standardization, general requirements, test methods, product marking and labeling, and instructional literature.
SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes requirements for corded baby monitors, including audio monitors, video monitors, and motion sensor monitors. It also provides requirements for labeling, instructional material and packaging.
1.1.1 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize injuries to children resulting from normal usage and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of baby monitors.
1.2 No product 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 applicable requirements contained herein, before and after all testing.
1.3 Units—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.
1.4 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.

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Designation:F2951 −12
StandardConsumer Safety Specification for
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Baby Monitors
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2951; 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 incidents associated with corded baby monitors that
were identified by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Incidents identified by the CPSC and addressed in this consumer safety specification include
strangulations as a result of entanglement in cords.
This consumer safety specification is not intended to address corded monitors that are either
blatantly misused or abused. This consumer safety specification is written within current state-of-the-
art technology and is intended to be updated if substantive information becomes available that
necessitates additional requirements or justifies revision of existing requirements.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes require- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
ments for corded baby monitors, including audio monitors, D3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
video monitors, and motion sensor monitors. It also provides F963 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
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requirements for labeling, instructional material and packag-
2.2 Federal Standards:
ing. 16 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
1.1.1 This consumer safety specification is intended to
Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
minimize injuries to children resulting from normal usage and 16CFR1500 HazardousSubstancesActRegulationsinclud-
reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of baby monitors.
ing sections: 1500.3 (c) (6) (vi) Definition of “Flammable
Solid”
1.2 No product produced after the approval date of this
1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
consumer safety specification shall, either by label or other
Point In Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use By
means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it
Children Under Eight Years of Age
conforms to all applicable requirements contained herein,
1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
before and after all testing.
MetalorGlassEdgeinToysorOtherArticlesIntendedfor
1.3 Units—The values stated in inch-pound units are to be
Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are
1500.53 TestMethodsforSimulatingUseandAbuseofToys
mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for
and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children Over 36
information only and are not considered standard.
but Not Over 96 Months of Age
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3. Terminology
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.68 on the ASTM website.
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Baby Monitors. AvailablefromU.S.GovernmentPrintingOfficeSuperintendentofDocuments,
Current edition approved May 1, 2012. Published May 2012. DOI: 10.1520/ 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Mail Stop: SDE, Washington, DC 20401, http://
F2951-12. www.access.gpo.gov.
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3.1.1 conspicuous, adj—describes a label that is visible Cords are considered accessible if, after performing these tests,
whentheunitisinamanufacturer’srecommendeduseposition any portion of the cord is exposed within 36 in. (91 cm) to the
to a person standing near the unit at any one position around occupant retention area and can be contacted by any portion
the unit but not necessarily visible from all positions. forward of the collar of the accessibility probe as described in
16CFR1500.48and16CFR1500.49.EXCEPTION:Forunits
3.1.2 cord, n—alternating current (A/C) adapter and other
that are secured to a crib and the shield/enclosure extends
similar cords including lengths of slender flexible material
downward to the floor, the cord is considered accessible if it
incl
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