ASTM F2598-22 PDF Download

A standard consumer safety specification known as ASTM F2598-22 focuses on the performance criteria and testing procedures for guaranteeing the security of sealed storage chests. The goal of this guideline is to reduce incidents and harm to kids that may result from using these chests improperly or in ways that are likely to be misused or abused.

The standard covers several chest kinds, such as cedar chests, hope chests, blanket chests, and memento chests, as well as other comparable closed rigid boxes created and sold as sealed storage containers for different household things like garments, linens, and keepsakes.

When all removable shelves or compartments are removed from the product, the standard is applicable to chests with a single capacity of 1.1 ft3 or more. In order to avoid bug infestation and contamination by dust or filth, it also applies to chests whose lids are designed to close snugly to create a storage compartment.

Any chest manufactured after the consumer safety specification's approval date must adhere to all of its standards and cannot bear the compliance mark unless it does so.