BS EN 71-8:2018 pdf free download.Safety of toys – Part8:Activity toys for domestic use.
This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for activity toys for domestic use often attached to or incorporating a crossbeam, and similar toys intended for children under 14 years to play on or in and often intended to bear the mass of one or more children.
This European Standard also specifies requirements for:
— separately sold accessories for, and components of activity toys;
— separately sold swing elements that are ready for use on or in combination with an activity toy;
— construction packages for activity toys including components used to build activity toys according to a scheduled building instruction.
The scope of this European Standard excludes:
— playground equipment intended for public use dealt with in the EN 1176 series;
— bow-mounted rocking activity toys such as rocking horses and similar toys, which are covered by specific requirements in EN 71-1;
— toy pools with maximum depth of water over 400 mm measured, between the overflow level and the deepest point within the pool;
NOTE 1 For information regarding the classification of pools as toys see European Commission guidance document No. 8 from Bibliographical Entry [1].
— pools with maximum depth of water over 400 mm measured, between the overflow level and the deepest point within the pool, without play elements covered e.g. by the EN 16582 series or EN 16927.
NOTE 2 There is an enhanced risk of drowning in toy pools where the depth of water is in excess of 400 mm.
— trampolines fordomesticusedealtwithin EN 71-14.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
activity toy
toy for domestic use, in which the support structure remains stationary while the activity is taking place and which is intended for the performance by a child of any of the following activities: climbing, jumping, swinging, sliding, rocking, spinning paddling, crawling and creeping, or any combination thereof
Note 1 to entry: Examples of such toys are swings, slides, carousels, climbing frames, rigid playhouses, paddling pools. In contrast, ride-on vehicles are not considered as activity toys.
3.2
anchor
device used to fix an activity toy to the standing surface
3.3
barrier
device intended to prevent the user from falling and from passing beneath
3.9
free space
space in, on or around the activity toy that can be occupied by a user undergoing a forced movement caused by use of the equipment (e.g. swinging, sliding, rocking, revolving)
Note ito entry: The definition of free space does not include the three-dimensional space in which a falling movement takes place.
3.10
handrail
rail intended to assist the user to balance
[SOURCE: EN 1176-1:2017, 3.22]
3.11
platform
raised surface where one or more users can stand without the need of hand support
Note 1 to entry: The classification of a platform will vary depending on its function. Surfaces where the user is only able to stand with the aid of hand supports are not classified as platforms. Exclusion of surfaces from the definition can be achieved by a number of means.BS EN 71-8:2018 pdf free download.