Designation:F3021−17StandardSpecificationforUniversalDesignofFitnessEquipmentforInclusiveUsebyPersonswithFunctionalLimitationsandImpairments1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF3021;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThegoalofthisspecificationistopromoteproperdesignandmanufacturingpracticesforfitnessequipmentintendedforusebypersonswithfunctionallimitationsandimpairments.Throughthesespecifications,thisstandardaimstoassistdesignersandmanufacturersinreducingthepossibilityofinjurywhentheseproductsareusedinaccordancewiththeoperationalinstructions.Theequipmentusermustrecognize,however,thatthestandardalonewillnotnecessarilypreventinjuries.Likeotherphysicalactivities,exerciseinvolvingfitnessequipmentinvolvestheriskofinjury,particularlyiftheequipmentisusedimproperlyornotproperlymaintained.Inaddition,userswithphysicallimitationsshouldseekmedicaladviceandinstructionfromthefitnessfacilitypriortousingthisequipment.Certainphysicalconditionsorlimitationsmayprecludesomepersonsfromusingthisequipmentasintendedbythemanufacturer,andusingthisequipmentmayincreasetheriskofinjury.1.Scope1.1Thisspecification2establishedadditionalrequirementsnotsetforthinthereferencedASTMstandardsforthedesignofcommercialfitnessequipmenttoincreaseaccessanduserindependencebypeoplewithfunctionallimitationsorimpair-ments.1.2Theintentofthisspecificationistoensurethatthefitnessproductbeingdesignedforinclusiveusebyindividualswithandwithoutfunctionallimitationsorimpairmentsremainsfunctionalandsafewhentheequipmentisoperatedaccordingtothemanufacturer’soperationalinstructions.1.3Itistheintentofthisspecificationtospecifyproductsforindooruseinacommercialenvironmentbyindividualsage13andabove.1.4Productsdesignedtomeetthisspecificationmustnotbeautomaticallyclassifiedasfitformedica...
