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Designation:F1967–99

AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS

100BarrHarborDr.,WestConshohocken,PA19428ReprintedfromtheAnnualBookofASTMStandards.CopyrightASTM

StandardConsumerSafetySpecificationfor

InfantBathSeats1

ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1967;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.

INTRODUCTION

Thisconsumersafetyspecificationisintendedtoaddresscertainincidentsassociatedwiththeuseofbathseats,bathrings,andothersimilardevices.

TheU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission(CPSC)identifieddrowningincidentswhichgenerallyinvolvedinfantseithertippingover,climbingoutof,orslidingthroughtheproductafterbeingleftunattendedbytheircaregiver.

Thisspecificationdoesnotaddressincidentsinwhichbathseatsareunreasonablymisused,areusedinacarelessmannerthatdisregardsthewarningsandinstructionsthatareprovidedwitheachproduct,orthoseinstanceswherethecaregiverleavestheinfantunattendedintheproduct.

Thisconsumersafetyspecificationiswrittenwithinthecurrentstate-of-the-artproducttechnology.ItisintendedthatthisspecificationwillbeupdatedwheneversubstantiveinformationbecomesavailableandknowntoASTMwhichnecessitatesadditionalrequirementsorjustifiestherevisionofexistingrequirements.

Scope

Thisconsumersafetyspecificationestablishesperfor-mancerequirements,testmethods,andlabellingrequirementstopromotethesafeuseofinfantbathseats.Productscom-monlyreferredasbathringsarealsoincludedinthescopeofthisstandard.

Thisconsumersafetyspecificationisintendedtoreducetheriskofdeathandminimizeinjurytoinfantsresultingfrom