Blind Safety
The installation of safety devices on all blinds in manufacture.
Blind safety. Parents for window blind safety pfwbs mission is to educate consumers on hazardous window covering cords and defective safety devices support families whose children have been severely injured or killed encourage innovation of safer products in the industry advocate for stronger safety standards and place our seal of approval on products that pass our safety test. You can read more about this below. If you already have blinds with looped cords in a child s bedroom we recommend that you remove them.
Fittings used with a window covering such as a traverse rod or track. About curtains blinds and window fittings. Corded internal window coverings are window coverings that can be used inside a building and are either.
Some existing blinds may have cords or chains to operate the blind which could prove hazardous to babies and young children if they can gain access to the blind. New child safety standards effective december 2018. In 2018 the window covering manufacturers association wcma decided on new standards for child safety to go into effect by december 15 2018.
Chain tensioning device keeps chain cord loops under continuous tension and secures them to the wall so stops the cord or chain from forming a loop. This varies depending on the type of blind. The new guidelines state that cords on any custom made window covering cannot be longer than 40 the height of the window covering unless the customer specifically requests a custom cord length.
A safety standard introduced in 2014 means that new blinds must be safe by design or be supplied with appropriate child safety devices installed. New blinds with looped cords must have child safety devices installed at the point of manufacture or sold with the blind. Changes to standards for blinds in 2014 have led to improved product safety.
The safety devices fall into the following categories. Warnings and instructions in packaging at point of sale information. All blinds produced and sold after february 2014 must comply with detailed child safety requirements.
Safety chain break splits the chain loop apart should a child become entangled in the loop.
