CPSC Adopts New Safety Standard for Frame Child Carriers
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a final rule (here) for new safety standards for frame child carriers. The mandatory standard would be based on the voluntary standard developed by ASTM International, F2549-14 (“Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Frame Child Carriers”), the only difference being the CPSC included specific requirements that frame child carriers pass tests related to the carrier’s restraints. The rule is effective Sept. 2, it said.
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CPSC defines the “frame child carrier” as “a product normally of sewn fabric construction on a tubular metal or other frame, which is designed to carry a child, in an upright position, on the back of the caregiver." The intended occupants of frame child carriers are children who are able to sit upright unassisted and weigh between 16 and 50 pounds. Frame child carriers are intended to be worn on the back and suspended from both shoulders of the caregiver’s body in a forward- or rear-facing position. This type of carrier is often used for hiking and typically closely resembles hiking/mountaineering backpacks not intended to be used for transporting children.”
CPSC says it knows of 16 companies that currently supply frame child carriers to the U.S. market. Out of those 16 companies, eight of those are importers and two are foreign manufacturers, it said.
(Federal Register 03/02/15)