BS ISO 24415-2:2011 BSl Standards Publication Tips for assistive products for walking Requirements and test methods Part 2: Durability of tips for crutches bsi. ..making excellenCe a habit. BS ISO 24415-2:2011 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 24415-2:2011. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CH/173, Assistive products for persons with disability. 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. @ BSI2011 ISBN9780580633003 ICS 11.180.10 Compliancewith a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committeeon 31August 2011 Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected BS ISO 24415-2:2011 Iso INTERNATIONAL 24415-2 STANDARD First edition 2011-08-15 Tips for assistive products for walking Requirements and test methods - Part 2: Durability of tips for crutches Emboutspourproduitsd'assistancealamarche-Exigenceset methodesd'essai Partie2:Durabilitedesemboutsdebéquilles Reference number ISO 24415-2:2011(E) TSO @ISO2011 BS ISO 24415-2:2011 ISO 24415-2:2011(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, nopart of this publicationmay bereproduced or utilized inany form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either IsO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ ISO 2011 All rights reserved BS ISO 24415-2:2011 ISO 24415-2:2011(E) Foreword (Iso member bodies).The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out throughiso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subjectfor which a technical committee has been non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. isO collaborates closely with the International ElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEc Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting.Publication International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Iso 24415 consists of the following parts, under the general titleTips forassistiveproducts for walking- Requirementsandtestmethods Part 1: Friction of tips Part 2:Durabilityof tips forcrutches BS ISO 24415-2:2011 ISO 24415-2:2011(E) Introduction The characteristics of tips attached to the bottom of assistive products for walking are essential to ensuring against this repeated load is important both for safety and for cost effectiveness. Tips used are canes,walkingsticks crutches, walking frames, rollators, and walking tables. They are produced in many different sizes and are made of many of bottom shapes are available on the market for the many kinds of assistive products for walking. Generally,durability of rubber is estimated based on a wearing resistance test using test pieces ratherthan finished goods. However, tips for assistive products for walking are used in several different ways, therefore it This part of iso 24415 specifies requirements and test methods for durability of tips for crutches to enab