Designation:F1004−15aStandardConsumerSafetySpecificationforExpansionGatesandExpandableEnclosures1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1004;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisconsumersafetyspecificationaddressesincidentsofheadandneckentrapmentinchildren’sexpansiongatesandexpandableenclosures.Italsoaddressestheabilityofapressuregatetoresistapush-outforce.TheU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission(CPSC)identifiedincidentsthatgenerallyinvolvedachild’sheadorneck,orboth,becomingentrappedindiamondshapedopeningsandstrangulationofchildreninV-shapesatthetopofaccordionstyleexpansiongatesorexpandableenclosures.Additionalincidentsandinjurieswereidentifiedthatinvolvedchildrenattemptingtoclimbupandoverexpansiongatesandexpandableenclosures,andpushingorpullingpressuregatesoutofdoorways.Thisconsumersafetyspecificationiswrittenwithinthecurrentstate-of-the-artofgateandenclosuretechnology.Itisintendedthatthisconsumersafetyspecificationwillbeupdatedwheneversubstantiveinformationbecomesavailable,whichnecessitatesadditionalrequirementsorjustifiestherevisionofexistingrequirements.Thisspecificationdoesnotaddressincidentsinwhichgatesorenclosuresareblatantlymisusedalthoughwarningsandsafetyinstructionsarerequiredtobedisplayedprominentlyonandwitheachgateorenclosure.1.Scope1.1Thisconsumersafetyspecificationcoversminimumsafetyperformancerequirements,testmethods,andrequire-mentsforlabelingandinstructionalmaterialtominimizehazardstoyoungchildrenresultingfromthenormaluseandreasonablyforeseeablemisuseandabuseofexpansiongatesandexpandableenclosures.1.2Productsknownasexpansiongatesandexpandableenclosures,orbyanyothername,whichareinthescopeofthisconsumersafetyspecificationareintendedforyoungchildrenagedsixmonthsthrough24months,andaredefinedinSection3.1.3Expansi...
