Jamaican Standard. Specification. for. Playing field equipment - Basketball equipment - Functional. and safety requirements, test methods

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1 ICS /97.190/ Jamaican Standard Specification for Playing field equipment - Basketball equipment - Functional and safety requirements, test methods Bureau of Standards Jamaica 6 Winchester Road P.O. Box 113 Kingston 10 Jamaica W. I. Tel: (876) , (876) , (876) Fax: (876) info@bsj.org.jm Website: April 2016

2 2016 Bureau of Standards Jamaica All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of a Bureau of Standards publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including, photocopying microfilm or scanning, without permission in writing. ISBN Declared by the Bureau of Standards to be a standard method of test pursuant to section 7 of the Standards Act First published April This standard was circulated in draft form for comments under the reference JS EN 1270:2005. Jamaican Standards establish requirements in relation to commodities, processes and practices, but do not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. The attention of those using this specification is called to the necessity of complying with any relevant legislation. Amendments No. Date of Issue Remarks Entered by and date

3 Contents Page National foreword 3 Acknowledgement 3 Specification 1 Scope 4 2 Normative references 4 3 Requirements 4 4 Safety Requirements 12 5 Test methods 15 6 Instruction for use 17 7 Warning label 17 8 Markings 17 Annex A (Informative) Example of design 18 Annex B (Informative) Choice table for basketball equipment 19 Annex C (Informative) A Deviation 20 iii

4 National foreword This standard is an adoption and is identical EN 1270:2005 Playing field equipment - Basketball equipment - Functional and safety requirements, test methods, published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). This European Standard specifies functional requirements (see Clause 3) and safety requirements (see Clause 4) for basketball equipment. This European Standard is applicable to 8 types of basketball equipment within the classes A to E (see 3.1). This European Standard is not applicable to home basketball equipment, which is considered to be covered by EN 71-1, and to ball throwing equipment. NOTE. The intended use of ball throwing equipment is for the purpose of practising attempts to propel the basketball into the basket. Users should note that all standards undergo revision from time to time and that any reference made herein to any standard implies its latest edition, unless otherwise stated. This standard is intended to be voluntary. Committee representation The endorsement for adoption of this standard for the Standards Council established under the Standards Act 1968, was carried out under the supervision of the Playgrounds Technical Committee which at the time comprised the following members: Dr R Tortello, Ms F Thomas, Mr. Victor Tomlinson Ms J Bennett Mr. R Finzi-Smith Ms C. Jackson- Jones Mrs. E Sinclair Mr. A Stennett Ms G Thomas Mr. D Allen, Ms T Smith, Chairperson Ministry of Education Vice Chairperson Private Interest Jamaica Hockey Federation Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities Jamaica Football Federation / University of Technology Jamaica Early Childhood Commission Our Lady of the Angels Preparatory School Jamaica Public Service / Jamaica Institution of Engineers Office of the Children s Advocate Technical Secretary Bureau of Standards Jamaica Facilitator Bureau of Standards Jamaica Acknowledgment Acknowledgement is made to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) for permission to adopt EN 1270:2005. iv

5 EN 1270:2005 (E) 1 Scope This European Standard specifies functional requirements (see Clause 3) and safety requirements (see Clause 4) for basketball equipment. This European Standard is applicable to 8 types of basketball equipment within the classes A to E (see 3.1). This European Standard is not applicable to home basketball equipment, which is considered to be covered by EN 71-1, and to ball throwing equipment. NOTE The intended use of ball throwing equipment is for the purpose of practising attempts to propel the basketball into the basket. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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 913:1996, Gymnastic equipment General safety requirements and test methods. EN , Hot-rolled products of structural steels Part 1: General technical delivery conditions. EN , Hot rolled products of structural steels Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels. EN ISO 2062, Textiles Yarns from packages Determination of single-end breaking force and elongation at break (ISO 2062:1993). 3 Requirements 3.1 Classification Basketball equipment shall be classified by the design (types) and the free space (see Table 2) as typical performance criterion (classes) as shown in Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 Types Type Description Example 1 freestanding mm and mm extension figure 1 2 freestanding (other extensions) figure 2 3 folding figure 3 4 fixed wall mounted figure 4 5 ceiling mounted figure 5 6 removable with sockets figure 6 7 fixed in the ground figure 7 8 NOTE adjustable with height setting from mm to mm Specifications concerning fixing are under preparation 4