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ASTM F2236 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Soft Infant and Toddler

Source：Besa Testing

Primary Purpose:

North American mandatory compliance standard for soft infant/toddler carriers, aimed at preventing risks such as strangulation, falls, suffocation, and entrapment, ensuring the safety of infants/toddlers while wearing the carrier. This is the legal entry threshold for the North American market.

 

Standard Definition:

Current version: ASTM F2236-22.

Applicable range: Soft fabric carriers for infants/toddlers aged 0-3 years (including front-facing and back-facing styles); excludes rigid frame carriers and vehicle safety seat back carriers.

 

Testing and Certification Requirements:

Restraint system: Shoulder straps and waiststraps must withstand a tensile force of 2222N without detachment, buckles must preventaccidental opening, and exposed cord lengths must be s76mm to prevent strangulation.

Structural safety: The carrier must support a load of >15kg without tearing or deformation; shoulder straps/waist straps must show no excessive wear, and the stitching must meet strength standards.

Physical safety: There must be no sharp edges or detachable small parts, and the fabric must have no sharp threads or projections.

Chemical safety: Total lead content in contactable components must be 100ppm, and lead content in coatings must be s90ppm; 8 types of phthalates must be s0.1%.

Mandatory markings: Manufacturer, applicableage range, standard number (ASTM F2236-22), and safety warnings.

Compliance requirements: Laboratory testing according to ISO 17025, CPC certification for child-sized carriers, and GCC certification for adult-sized carriers; full compliance is required for market entry.