1 Scope
This document specifies additional specific safety requirements and test methods for
Class B floating leisure articles for use on and in the water regardless whether the
buoyancy is achieved by inflation or inherent buoyant material.
This document is applicable for Class B floating leisure articles as specified in
ISO 25649‑1:2024, Table 1.
Class B devices provide a buoyant structure with one or more body openings into which
the user is positioned partly immersed.
NOTE 1 Typical products in Class B (see Annex B):
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— floating rafts with interior body holding system (“swim seats”) mostly in circular or square shape, fantasy shape for playing purposes;
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— floating fantasy shaped structures with one or more openings to host a child’s body,
with or without body holding system;
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— floating with slits or openings to put legs through any shape;
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— floating rings with interior seat segments inside the circular body opening.
NOTE 2 Typical places for application:
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— pools;
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— protected areas of lakes, ponds;
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— protected areas of sea shore (no offshore winds, no currents).