1、Designation:F201213Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification forStationary Activity Centers1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2012;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.
2、A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.INTRODUCTIONThis consumer safety performance specification is intended to mitigate potential safety hazardsassociated with a childs use of a station
3、ary activity center and thereby minimize the risk of injury ordeath.The specific hazards addressed by this specification are seat strength to support the occupant,product tip over,openings for finger entrapment and small parts.1.Scope1.1 This consumer safety performance specification coversperforman
4、ce requirements,test methods and marking require-ments to promote safe use of a stationary activity center by anoccupant.1.2 This consumer safety performance specification is in-tended to minimize the risk of incidents to an occupantresulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuseor abuse
5、 of a stationary activity center.1.3 No stationary activity center produced after the approvaldate of this consumer safety performance specification shall,either by label or other means,indicate compliance with thisspecification unless it conforms to all requirements containedherein.1.4 This consume
6、r safety performance specification is notintended to address incidents and injuries resulting from theinteraction of other persons with the child occupant in thestationary activity center or the incidents resulting from abuseand misuse by children able to walk.1.5 The values stated in inch-pound uni
7、ts are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.6 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to thetest methods portion,Section 7,of this consumer safetyperformance
8、specification:This standard does not purport toaddress all of the safety concerns,if any,associated with itsuse.It is the responsibility of the user of this standard toestablish appropriate safety and health practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenc
9、ed Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape TestF963 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety2.2 Federal Regulations:316 CFR 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and CertainConsumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint16 CFR 1500 Hazardous SubstancesAct Regul
10、ations includ-ing sections:1500.18(a)(6)Banned Toys and Other Banned ArticlesIntended for Use by Children1500.48 Technical Requirements for Determining a SharpPoint in Toys or Other Articles Intended for Use byChildren Under Eight Years of Age1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a SharpMet
11、al or Glass Edge in Toys or OtherArticles Intended forUse by Children Under Eight Years of Age1500.50-.52 Test Methods for Simulating Use and Abuseof Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children15.00.86(a)(4)Exemptions from Classification as aBanned Article for Use by Children16 CFR 1501 Met
12、hod for Identifying Toys and Other Ar-ticles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years ofAge Which Present Choking,Aspiration or IngestionHazards Because of Small Parts1This consumer safety performance specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the
13、direct responsibility ofSubcommittee F15.17 on Carriages,Strollers,Walkers and Stationary ActivityCenters.Current edition approved Nov.1,2013.Published November 2013.Originallyapproved in 2000.Last previous edition approved in 2012 as F2012 12.DOI:10.1520/F2012-13.2For referenced ASTM standards,visi
14、t the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from Superintendent of Documents,US Government Printing Office,Washington,DC 20402.Copyrig
15、ht ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 2.3 Other Standards:ASME/ANSI B16.9 Factory-Made Wrought Steel Buttweld-ing Fittings42.4 Other References:CAMI Infant Dummy,Mark II(see Fig.1)53.Terminology3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This
16、 Standard:3.1.1 conspicuous,adja label that is visible,when theactivity center is in a manufacturers recommended useposition,to a person standing near the activity center at any oneposition around the activity center but not necessarily visiblefrom all positions.3.1.2 dynamic load,napplication of an impulsive forcethrough free fall of a weight.3.1.3 manufacturers recommended use position(s),nanyposition that is presented as a normal,allowable or acceptableconfiguration for the use of the product