EN 71-1:2005+ A8

EN 71-1:2005+A8:2009 (E)
The stability requirements do not apply to products which are not intended to be stable in their own right, e.g.
pogo sticks.
Hand carts are wheeled toys in which one or more children may sit while being pulled along by another child
or an adult.
If a toy which is designed to bear the weight of a child allows the child to use its feet to provide stability, the
requirements do not apply. If the child is completely enclosed, the requirements should apply. It is a natural
reaction for children to stabilise a toy with their feet when possible. However, the stability requirements apply
to all toys intended for children under 36 months unless specifically excluded.
The braking requirements specify brakes for all ride-on toys with a free-wheeling facility. Toys with a direct
transmission are excluded from these requirements, e.g. certain tricycles with pedals on the front wheel, pedal
cars and also electrically driven cars with low speed (i.e. < 1 m/s) where the child's feet are free and can be
used to brake the vehicle.
In assessing free-wheeling capability, it is often convenient and more practical to test the toy on a slope and
establish whether it accelerates down the slope. Only in case of uncertainty, it should be necessary to use the
formula. The complete formula for calculating the free-wheeling facility is (M + 25) x g x sin 10°. Sin 10°
equals 0,173 and multiplied by 9,81 it equals 1,70.
There are no speed limitations in the standard for electrically driven toys intended for children over 3 years.
However, certain countries may have such limitations in their national legislation.
A.21 Rocking horses and similar toys (see 4.15.3)
-The requirements are intended to address the hazards associated with insufficient strength and stability of
rocking horses and similar toys that might overturn unexpectedly. They also aim at warning supervising adults
that children under 36 months should not be left unattended on rocking toys with a seat height over 600 mm,
to avoid the risk of falls and injury..
A.22 Projectiles (see 4.17)
These requirements are intended to address certain but not all potentially unexpected hazards associated with
projectile firing toys and by the firing of improvised projectiles from such toys.
A toy in which the kinetic energy is determined by the toy and not by the child is typically a gun or other
spring-loaded device. A pea-shooter is an example of a toy with a projectile (a pea) of which the kinetic energy
is determined by the child by blowing.
Ground-based vehicular toys propelled along a track or other surface are not considered as projectile toys
even if they include an element of motion in free-flight, e.g. between tracks.
The velocity of projectiles may be measured by direct or indirect means.
Projectiles with suction cups have been involved in accidents, and it is important that the length of these
projectiles is sufficient to aid removal if it is blocking the airway.
A.23 Aquatic toys (see 4.18 and 7.4)
These requirements are intended to address the hazards associated with the sudden loss of buoyancy of
inflatable aquatic toys if air is released through the inlet with drowning as a possible consequence. They also
aim at informing adults and children of the dangers of using these toys in deep water. The standard covers
inflatable toys intended to bear the mass of a child and used for play in shallow water and generally under the
supervision of an adult.
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