Designation:F2613−14StandardConsumerSafetySpecificationforChildren’sChairsandStools1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2613;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisconsumersafetyspecificationaddressesincidentsassociatedwithchildren’schairsandstoolsthatwereidentifiedbytheU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission(CPSC).IncidentsidentifiedbytheCPSCandaddressedinthisstandardinvolvelacerations,fractures,pinchesandamputationsofchildren’sfingersinfoldingmechanisms.Thisspecificationalsoaddressesstructuralintegrityandlabelingfortheproduct.Thisspecificationisnotintendedtocoverchildren’schairsandstoolsthatareeitherblatantlymisusedorabused.Thisspecificationiswrittenwithincurrentstate-of-the-artchildren’schairsandstoolsandisintendedtobeupdatedifsubstantiveinformationbecomesavailablethatnecessitatesadditionalrequirementsorjustifiesrevisionofexistingrequirements.1.Scope1.1Thisconsumersafetyspecificationestablishestestingrequirementsforstructuralintegrityandperformancerequire-mentsforchildren’schairsandstools.Italsoprovidesrequire-mentsforlabeling.Thestandarddoesnotapplytoproductsusedinacommercialsettingortoproductsthatdonothavearigidframesuchasbeanbagchairsorfoamchairs.Thisstandarddoesnotapplytoseatswithrestraintsystems.Thetermunitorproductwillrefertoachild’schairorstool.1.2Thisspecificationcoversachairorstoolintendedtobeusedbyasinglechildwhocangetinandgetoutoftheproductunassistedandwithaseatheight15in.orless,withorwithoutarockingbase.1.3Noproductproducedaftertheapprovaldateofthisconsumersafetyspecificationshall,eitherbylabelorothermeans,indicatecompliancewiththisspecificationunlessitconformstoallapplicablerequirementscontainedherein,beforeandafteralltesting.1.4Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Thevaluesgiveninpar...
