National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1335‑2:2018. It supersedes BS EN 1335‑2:2009 and BS EN 1335‑3:2009, which are withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FW/0/3, Office Furniture.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2018.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 July 2018.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 1335‑2:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2019.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 1335‑2:2009 and EN 1335‑3:2009.

This series consist of following parts:

— EN 1335‑1, Office furniture — Office work chair — Part 1: Dimensions — Determination of dimensions;

— EN 1335‑2, Office furniture — Office work chair — Part 2: Safety requirements;

The main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below:

— take into account test methods from EN 1728 and EN 1022.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This document specifies safety, strength and durability requirements for office work chairs.

It does not apply to other seating in the office area for which other European Standards exist.

The requirements are based upon use for 8 h a day by persons weighing up to 110 kg.

Annex A (informative) contains loads, masses and cycles for functional tests.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Safety requirements

4.1 General

4.2 Shear and squeeze points

4.3 Sequence of testing

4.4 Stability tests and requirements

4.5 Structural safety requirements

5 Strength and durability

5.1 General

5.2 Requirements

5.3 Rolling resistance test and requirements

6 Information for use

7 Test report

BS EN 1335-2:2018

Office furniture. Office work chair - Safety requirements

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2018