Consumers should immediately repair these types of blinds.
Blinds child safety device.
Choose cordless blinds or shades check window coverings for exposed cords that could pose a strangulation hazard to infants and young children.
The bottom loop of the chain or cord must be 150cms from the floor and secured with an evans textiles 781180 safety device without the safety device the product is not compliant and should not be fitted.
Making your blinds safer.
The important point of calculation now becomes the installation height of the blind or track this determines how long the chain or cord can be.
Temporary tuck cords up high.
Window blind safety ideas.
Put blind cord safety at the top of your child proofing checklist.
A safety standard introduced in 2014 means that new blinds must be safe by design or be supplied with appropriate child safety devices installed.
Consumer product safety commission calls corded window coverings one of the top five hidden hazards in american homes with infants and children accidentally becoming entangled in window blind cords.
Replace corded window coverings with safer cordless products.
Install or use safety devices.
Draperies shutters and cordless cellular and roller shades are a few preferred options.
Window blinds that have an inner cord for raising the slats of the blinds can be pulled by a child and form a potentially deadly loop.
There are a number of ways to improve the safety of the blinds in your home or in any home where your children might go grandparents holiday houses etc.