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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:
• Children climbing on furniture.
• A child may try to reach a toy or other
object by climbing on furniture.
• Children will play and be active near
the TV.
• Improper use of furniture to support TVs.
• Furniture designed for use with TVs will
specify the maximum weight rating and
recommended size of the TVs it will safely
support.
• Overloaded drawers and shelves.
• Improperly moving furniture that is not
designed and equipped with casters.
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WARNING
What can happen:
• Risk of injury or death.
• A child climbing on a piece of furniture
can make it top-heavy and cause it to tip
over.
• A child playing with a TV can cause it to
tip over.
• Risk of injury or death.
• TVs can be very heavy. Plus the weight
and location of the picture tube tends to
make TVs unbalanced and prone to tipping
forward.
• Furniture items such as general-purpose
utility carts, tables, or dressers may become
unstable and tip if a TV is set on them.
• Risk of injury.
• Top-heavy furniture can tip over.
• Overloaded drawers or shelves can break.
• Furniture can tip over or break if
improperly moved.
• Physical injury. Furniture can be very
heavy.
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How to avoid the problem:
• Never allow children to climb on or play
with furniture.
• Do not place toys, food, etc. on the top
shelves or upper drawers. Children may try
to climb to reach them out of curiosity.
• A TV must only be set on furniture
specifi cally designed to support a television.
• Never use a TV that exceeds the weight
ratings or size guidelines specifi ed for the
furniture.
• Never exceed the weight limits shown in
the instructions.
• Work from bottom to top when loading
shelves and drawers. Place the heavier
items on the lower shelves or in the lower
drawers.
• Unload shelves from top to bottom before
moving the furniture.
• Do not push furniture, especially on a
carpeted fl oor. Have a friend help you lift
the item and set it in place.
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