1. Scope
1.1\t This consumer safety performance specification establishes performance requirements, test methods, and marking requirements to promote the safe use of cribs in commercial environments such as hotels, rentals, motels, day care centers and the like.
1.2\t This consumer safety performance specification subsumes the Federal and ASTM Standards which are in existence for these types of product when those products are used in non-commercial applications.
1.3\t This consumer safety performance specification includes products intended to provide a safe sleeping environment such as full size cribs, non full size cribs, and playards and includes both rigid and mesh sided units. The term “crib” as used in this standard includes all of these items.
1.4\t Products such as bassinets and cradles are specifically excluded from this consumer safety performance specification.
1.5\t No commercial crib produced after the approval date of this consumer safety performance 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.
1.6\t The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portions of this consumer and other referenced safety specifications. The standard(s) may involve the use of hazardous materials, operations and equipment. The standard(s) 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 all appropriate safety and health practices and to determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.7\t The test values in inch-pound units stated in this consumer safety specification are to be regarded as the standard. The metric values in parentheses are for reference only.
The subcommittee has developed this proposed new standard in recognition of the more intense use cribs for commercial purposes encounter. This standard attempts to minimize the hazards which result from structural failure, instability and related deficiencies. It also addresses issues related to maintenance and repair of these products in use, their transportation and storage and the wide variety of uses for these products.
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The title and scope are in draft form and are under development within this ASTM Committee.
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