!Warning

Please use your furniture correctly and safely. Improper use can cause safety hazards, or damage to your furniture or household items. Carefully read the following chart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look out for:

 

 

What can happen:

 

 

How to avoid:

 

 

Children climbing on furniture.

 

Risk of injury or death.

 

Never allow children to climb on

 

 

 

 

 

 

A child may try to reach a

 

A child climbing on a piece of

 

or play with furniture.

 

 

 

toy or other object by

 

 

furniture can make it top-heavy

 

Do not place toys, food, etc. on

 

 

 

climbing on furniture.

 

 

and cause it to tip over.

 

 

the top shelves or upper drawers.

 

 

Children will play and be

 

A child playing with a TV can

 

 

Children may try to climb to reach

 

 

 

 

 

them out of curiosity.

 

 

 

active near the TV.

 

 

cause it to tip over.

 

 

 

 

 

Improper use of furniture

 

Risk of injury or death.

 

Never exceed the rating for

 

 

 

to support TVs.

 

TVs can be very heavy.

 

 

the maximum size and weight

 

 

Placing a TV that is larger or

 

 

 

of TV allowed.

 

 

 

 

Plus the weight and location

 

Refer to your instructions for

 

 

 

heavier than the load rating

 

 

of the picture tube tends to

 

 

 

 

on the furniture item is hazardous.

 

 

make them unbalanced and

 

 

correct TV size and weight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

prone to tipping forward.

 

Be sure you have applied the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

warning label as instructed.

 

 

Overloaded drawers and shelves.

 

Risk of injury.

 

Never exceed the weight limits

 

 

 

 

 

Top-heavy furniture can tip over.

 

 

shown in the instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work from the bottom to the top

 

 

 

 

 

Overloaded drawers or

 

 

when loading shelves and drawers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

shelves can break.

 

Place the heavier items on lower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shelves or in lower drawers.

 

 

Improperly moving furniture

 

Furniture can tip over or break

 

Unload drawers and shelves

 

 

 

that is not designed and

 

 

if improperly moved.

 

 

from the top to the bottom

 

 

 

equipped with casters.

 

Risk of injury.

 

before moving the furniture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Furniture can be very heavy.

 

Do not push furniture,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

especially on a carpeted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

floor. Have a friend help you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lift the item and set it in place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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