Revised standard for testing child restraints
Revised standard for testing child restraints
A revised joint Australia/New Zealand standard provides manufacturers and testing authorities with a method for testing a child restraint for ease of adjustment. The test set out in AS/NZS 3629.4:2014 Methods of testing child restraints – Method 4: Determination of the force required to adjust a harness applies to adjusters used in child restraint harnesses.
The standard sets out the method for
determining the force required to adjust a child restraint
harness. It has been revised to provide a test method for
new type designations of child restraints introduced in
AS/NZS 1754:2013 Child restraint systems for use in motor
vehicles.
AS/NZS 3629.4:2014 supersedes AS/NZS
3629.4:1997.
AS/NZS 3629.4:2014 and AS/NZS 1754:2013 can be purchased from the Standards New Zealand website
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