ISO 8124-4:2025

Safety of toys — Part 4: Activity toys for domestic use

This document specifies requirements and test methods for activity toys for indoor and outdoor domestic family use intended for children under 14 years to play on or in. Products covered by this document include swings, slides, see-saws, carousels, rocking toys, climbing frames, toddler swing seats and other products often intended to bear the mass of one or more children. Products not included within the scope of this document are: a) fitness and sporting equipment unless attached to the activity toy; b) equipment intended for use in schools, daycare centres, kindergartens, public playgrounds, restaurants, shopping centres and similar public places; c) juvenile care products such as, but not limited to, infant swings, playpens/enclosures, beds or furniture including picnic tables, cradle rockers and products specifically designed for therapeutic use; d) pools with maximum depth of water over 400 mm measured, between the overflow level and the deepest point within the pool. Inflatable activity toys are included in the scope of this document. However, a powered blower used to continuously inflate the toy is not covered by this document. Such equipment is considered to be a household appliance and is covered by requirements given in IEC 60335-2-80.[ REF Reference_ref_8 \r \h 5 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B0200000008000000100000005200650066006500720065006E00630065005F007200650066005F0038000000 ]

Sécurité des jouets — Partie 4: Jouets d’activité à usage familiale

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Jun-2025
• ICS: 97.200.50 - Toys
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 181 - Safety of toys
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 181/WG 11 - Revision of ISO 8124-4 Safety of toys
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 06-Jun-2025
• Due Date: 14-Jun-2025
• Completion Date: 06-Jun-2025

Relations

• Revises: ISO 8124-4:2014/Amd 1:2017 - Safety of toys — Part 4: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use — Amendment 1
• Effective Date: 17-Jul-2021
• Revises: ISO 8124-4:2014/Amd 2:2019 - Safety of toys — Part 4: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use — Amendment 2
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2021
• Revises: ISO 8124-4:2014 - Safety of toys — Part 4: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use
• Effective Date: 23-Apr-2020

Standards Content (Sample)

International
Standard
ISO 8124-4
Third edition
Safety of toys —
2025-06
Part 4:
Activity toys for domestic use
Sécurité des jouets —
Partie 4: Jouets d’activité à usage familiale
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .vi
Introduction .ix
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Requirements . 6
4.1 General (see Clause A.4) .6
4.1.1 Materials .6
4.1.2 Hardware .6
4.1.3 Static strength .7
4.1.4 Maximum height .7
4.1.5 Corners and edges .7
4.1.6 Protruding parts .7
4.1.7 Diameter of ropes and other means of suspension .10
4.1.8 Open tubing .11
4.1.9 Crush and shear points .11
4.1.10 Hand support: hand-gripping/grasping components .11
4.2 Barriers .11
4.3 Rung ladders, stepladders and stairways. 12
4.3.1 General . 12
4.3.2 Handrails and hand support . 13
4.4 Entrapment (see Clause A.8) .14
4.4.1 Head and neck entrapment .14
4.4.2 Entrapment of clothing and hair .16
4.4.3 Entrapment of feet .16
4.4.4 Entrapment of fingers .16
4.5 Stability of activity toys other than slides, swings and toys with crossbeams .17
4.5.1 General .17
4.5.2 Stability of activity toys with a free height of fall of 600 mm or less .17
4.5.3 Stability of activity toys with a free height of fall of more than 600 mm .17
4.6 Slides (see Clause A.9) .17
4.6.1 General .17
4.6.2 Stability of slides .17
4.6.3 Retaining sides for slides .18
4.6.4 Starting, sliding and run-out section on slides.18
4.6.5 Roller slides .21
4.7 Swings and other activity toys with crossbeams (see Clause A.10) .21
4.7.1 General .21
4.7.2 Stability of swings and other activity toys with crossbeams .21
4.7.3 Strength of crossbeams, swing devices, suspension connectors and suspension
couplings . . 22
4.7.4 Swings intended for children under 36 months . 22
4.7.5 Impact, geometry and design of swing elements . 22
4.7.6 Minimum clearance between adjacent swing elements and adjacent structures . 23
4.7.7 Lateral stability of swing elements.24
4.7.8 Minimum clearance between swing elements and the ground . 25
4.7.9 Suspension connectors and swing devices . 26
4.8 See-saws .27
4.8.1 General .27
4.8.2 Stability of see-saws .27
4.8.3 Seat/stand height .27
4.8.4 Restraint of motion .27
4.8.5 Pinching and crushing of fingers and toes .27
4.8.6 Hand supports .27

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4.9 Carousels and rocking activity toys .27
4.10 Inflatable activity toys (see Clause A.15) .27
4.10.1 General .27
4.10.2 Anchorage . 28
4.10.3 Connection tubes for continuous inflation . 28
4.10.4 Containment . 29
4.11 Paddling pools . 30
4.11.1 General . 30
4.11.2 Static strength of paddling pools with non-inflatable walls . 30
4.11.3 Paddling pools with inflatable walls . 30
5 Warnings and labelling .30
5.1 Labelling . 30
5.2 Assembly and installation instructions . 30
5.2.1 General . 30
5.2.2 Information on playground surfacing materials .31
5.2.3 Paddling pools .31
5.3 Operating instructions .32
5.4 Maintenance instructions . .32
5.5 Warnings . 33
5.5.1 Drowning .
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