FprEN 14960-4

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2022
Napihljiva igralna oprema - 4. del: Dodatne varnostne zahteve in preskusne
metode za bungee runs
Inflatable play equipment. - Part 4: Additional safety requirements and test methods for
bungee runs
Aufblasbare Spielgeräte - Teil 4: Zusätzliche sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren für Bungeeruns
Équipements de jeu gonflables - Partie 4 : Exigences de sécurité supplémentaires pour
les équipements de course à l’élastique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 14960-4
ICS:
97.190 Otroška oprema Equipment for children
97.200.50 Igrače Toys
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 14960-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2022
ICS 97.190; 97.200.50
English Version
Inflatable play equipment. - Part 4: Additional safety
requirements and test methods for bungee runs
Équipements de jeu gonflables - Partie 4 : Exigences de Aufblasbare Spielgeräte - Teil 4: Zusätzliche
sécurité supplémentaires pour les équipements de sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
course à l'élastique Prüfverfahren für Bungeeruns
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prEN 14960-4:2022 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Safety requirements . 7
Annex A (informative) Clauses in EN 14960-1 . 11
A.1 Clauses in EN14960-1 applicable to EN 14960-4. 11
A.2 Clauses in EN14960-1 applicable with additions in EN 14960-4 . 11
A.3 Clauses in EN14960-1 applicable with amendments in EN 14960-4 . 11
A.4 Clauses in EN 14960-1 not applicable to EN 14960-4 . 12
Bibliography . 13

prEN 14960-4:2022 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 14960-4:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports,
playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document is in addition to EN 14960-1, EN 14960-2 and EN 14960-3.
prEN 14960-4:2022 includes the following significant technical additions with respect to EN 14960 1, 2
and 3, and this standard series now consists of four parts.
A list of all parts of EN 14960 can be found on the CEN website.
prEN 14960-4:2022 (E)
Introduction
Play is a means by which people discover and understand the world in which they live and is an essential
element in a person’s physical and mental growth.
It is important for a person’s rounded development that, through play, they arrive at an understanding of
danger, which provides a basis for assessing safety in a variety of situations. The balance between
challenge and safety is an important consideration.
The inflatable game referred to in this document can provide different levels of challenge and excitement.
This document aims to minimize the level of risk and the possibility of serious injury while allowing
people to enjoy themselves when using inflatable equipment.
It is not the purpose of the requirements of this document to affect a person’s need to play nor to lessen
the contribution that inflatable play equipment makes either to the person’s development or meaningful
play from an educational point of view.
Where inflatable play equipment is combined with other items of play equipment, the relevant standards
for the other items of equipment should also be applied.
prEN 14960-4:2022 (E)
1 Scope
This document specifies additional safety requirements for inflatable bungee runs and should be read in
conjunction with part 1 (See Annex A)
This document is applicable to inflatable play equipment intended for use by persons of 1200mm
minimum height and 120kg maximum weight.
This document specifies safety requirements for an inflatable game on which the primary activity is
pulling horizontally against a secured bungee shock cord. It sets measures to address risks and also to
minimize accidents to users for those involved in the design, manufacture and supply of the inflatable
game.
It specifies information to be supplied with the equipment. The requirements have been laid down
bearing in mind the risk factor based on available data.
This document specifies the requirements that will protect the user from hazards that they might be
unable to foresee when using the equipment as intended, or in a manner that can be reasonably
anticipated.
This document is not applicable to inflatable water- borne play and leisure equipment, domestic
inflatable toys, air-supported buildings, inflatables used solely for protection, inflatables used for rescue,
or other types of inflatable toys where the primary activity is not pulling horizontally against a secured
bungee shock cord.
In order not to confine the application of this document to those items of equipment currently in use and
to allow freedom of design for the manufacture of new equipment, only the fundamental forms of
equipment and motion are defined in Clause 3.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 14960-1, Inflatable play equipment - Part 1: Safety re
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