Foreword

This document (EN 1335‑3:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furnitures”, 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by October 2009.

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

This document supersedes EN 1335‑3:2000. 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;
— EN 1335‑3 , Office furniture — Office work chair — Part 3: Test methods.

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

a) ISO 21015:2007 has been adopted as far as possible;
b) loads and cycles for the safety tests have been moved to EN 1335‑2;
c) Annex C includes loads and cycles for functional tests;
d) seat and back durability test procedures have been significantly changed;
e) determination of the maximum offset of the backrest has been deleted.

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

BS EN 1335-3:2009

Office furniture. Office work chair - Test methods

Published:

30 Apr 2009

Withdrawn:

27 Nov 2018