On February 7,2022. The CPSC has proposed the Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units to require the products to be tested for stability, exceed minimum stability requirements, be marked and labeled with safety information, and bear a hang tag providing performance and technical data about the stability of the products. According to the proposal, the safety standard would cover:
Clothing Storage Unit (CSU), which is a freestanding furniture item, with drawer(s) and/or door(s), that may be reasonably expected to be used for storing clothing, that is greater than or equal to 27 inches in height, and with a total functional volume of the closed storage greater than 1.3 cubic feet and greater than the sum of the total functional volume of the open storage and the total volume of the open space. The CSU may have common names including, but are not limited to: Chests, bureaus, dressers, armoires, wardrobes, chests of drawers, drawer chests, chifforobes, and door chests. However, products generally do not meet the criteria of the definition likely are not considered CSUs are: Shelving units, office furniture, dining room furniture, laundry hampers, built-in closets, and single-compartment closed rigid boxes (storage chests). The following products are exempt from this part:
Here’s the highlight of the proposed requirements:
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