ASTM Int'l Adds Corner Post Revision to Bunk Bed Standard - ASTM F 1427
December 16, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Responding to a petition filed with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), ASTM International Committee F15 on Consumer Products revised ASTM F 1427 - Consumer Safety Specification for Bunk Beds.
The revised standard, which is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F15.30 on Bunk Beds, represents an effort to minimize the potential of a strangulation hazard caused by the design of corner posts.
The petition was originally filed with the CPSC by the Danny Foundation, a now-dissolved organization that was formed in 1986 to educate the public about the risk of strangulation associated with an occupant's clothing becoming entangled on the corner posts of a crib, according to Bill Perdue, vice president, environmental, safety, health and standards, American Home Furnishing Alliance.
The changes requested in the bunk bed petition are similar to changes the foundation brought about in the way that corner posts of cribs are designed.
"There is a new labeling requirement and a new design standard for the end corner post of the upper bunk," said Perdue. "This will dramatically affect the design of the top bunk's corner post."
Perdue said that manufacturers, importers and distributors of bunk beds are the main users of ASTM F 1427.
Source: ASTM International.