Designation:F2681−08(Reapproved2014)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforBodyProtectorsUsedinEquineRacing1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2681;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONEquineracingisasportwithintrinsichazards.Itisrecognizedthatseriousinjuryordeathcanresultfrombothlow-energyandhigh-energyimpacts,evenwhenbodyprotectorsareworn.Itisalsorecognizedthatbodyprotectionmustbeacceptableforthesport,theuser,andtotheregulatingassociationsoragenciesrequiringtheiruse.Thisspecificationhasbeendevelopedwithanemphasisonprovidingcomfortable,nonrestrictiveimpactprotectioninalowerweightgarment.Injurieswillnotbepreventedbyprotectivepaddinginaccidentsinvolvingseveretorsion,flexionorcrushingofthebody.Acknowledgingtheselimitations,thisspecificationwasdevelopedusingresourcesinthemedical,scientific,engineering,humanfactors,andbiomedicalfields,aswellasresourcesfromequinecompetitorsandprofessionalStandardbreddriversandThoroughbredjockeys.Thisspecifi-cationdrawsfromworkdonebyotherswhereappropriateforthisspecification,andthesestandardsmaybereferenced.Itshouldbenotedthatthisspecificationspecifiesalaboratorytestofacompletedbodyprotector’sabilitytoreduceimpacts.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversminimumperformancecriteriaanddescribestestmethodsforbodyprotectorsforuseinequineracinginacontrolledenvironment.NOTE1—Itisrecognizedthatitisnotpossibletowriteabodyprotectorperformancestandardthatwillresultinproductsthatcanprotectagainstalltypesofinjuryordeathinanaccident.1.2Itisnottheintentionofthisspecificationtobarfromconsiderationmaterialsofimprovedqualityorperformancenotknownattimeofdevelopmentofthisspecification.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotp...
