SIST EN 14960-4:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2025
Napihljiva igralna oprema - 4. del: Dodatne varnostne zahteve in preskusne
metode za bungee runs
Inflatable play equipment. - Part 4: Additional safety requirements and test methods for
bungee runs
Aufblasbare Spielgeräte - Teil 4: Zusätzliche sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren für Bungeeruns
Équipements de jeu gonflables - Partie 4 : Exigences de sécurité supplémentaires pour
les équipements de course à l’élastique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14960-4:2025
ICS:
97.190 Otroška oprema Equipment for children
97.200.50 Igrače Toys
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 14960-4
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.190; 97.200.50
English Version
Inflatable play equipment - Part 4: Additional safety
requirements and test methods for bungee runs
Équipements de jeu gonflables - Partie 4 : Exigences de Aufblasbare Spielgeräte - Teil 4: Zusätzliche
sécurité et méthodes d'essai supplémentaires relatives sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
aux équipements de course à l'élastique Prüfverfahren für Bungeeruns
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 January 2025.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Safety requirements . 7
4.1 Materials . 7
4.1.1 Bungee harness . 7
4.1.2 Connectors . 7
4.1.3 Bungee shock cord. 7
4.1.4 Marker baton or other objects . 7
4.1.5 Overall operating length . 7
4.2 Design . 8
4.2.1 Bungee shock cord connection points . 8
4.2.2 Connection of the bungee shock cord to the bungee harness . 8
4.2.3 Containing track surface . 9
4.2.4 Blower connection tube(s) . 9
4.2.5 Containment . 9
4.2.6 Number of users . 10
4.2.7 Supervision . 10
5 Inspection . 10
5.1 General. 10
5.2 Routine visual inspection . 10
5.3 Annual main inspection . 10
6 Documentation . 11
7 Marking . 11
Annex A (informative) Rationale for the force requirements in 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 . 12
Bibliography . 13

European foreword
This document (EN 14960-4:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports,
playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
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 September 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by September 2025.
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.
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 is one part of the EN 14960 series of standards, Inflatable play equipment, which consists
of the following parts:
— Part 1: Safety requirements and test methods
— Part 2: Additional safety requirements for inflatable bouncing pillows intended for permanent
installation
— Part 3: Additional safety requirements and test methods for snappies
— Part 4: Additional safety requirements and test methods for bungee runs
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
Play is a means by which people discover and understand the world in which they live and is an essential
element in a person’s physical and mental growth.
It is important for a person’s rounded development that, through play, they arrive at an understanding of
danger, which provides a basis for assessing safety in a variety of situations. The balance between
challenge and safety is an important consideration.
The inflatable game referred to in this document can provide different levels of challenge and excitement.
This document aims to minimize the level of risk and the possibility of serious injury while allowing
people to enjoy themselves when using inflatable equipment.
It is not the purpose of the requirements of this document to affect a person’s need to play nor to lessen
the contribution that inflatable play equipment makes either to the person’s development or meaningful
play from an educational point of view.
Where inflatable play equipment is combined with other items of play equipment, the relevant standards
for the other items of equipment also apply.

1 Scope
This document specifies safety requirements for inflatable bungee runs in addition to the requirements
of EN 14960-1.
This document is applicable to inflatable bungee runs intended for use by persons of 1 200 mm minimum
height and 120 kg maximum weight/mass.
This document specifies safety requirements for an inflatable game on which the activity is pulling
horizontally against a secured bungee shock cord. It sets measures to address risks and also to minimize
accidents to users for those involved in the design, manufacture and supply of the inflatable game.
This document specifies the requirements that will protect the user from hazards that they are unable to
foresee when using the equipment as intended, or in a manner that can be reasonably anticipated.
This document is not applicable to inflatable water- borne play and leisure equipment, domestic
inflatable toys, air-supported buildings, inflatables used solely for protection, inflatables used for rescue,
or other types of inflatable toys where the primary activity is not pulling horizontally against a secured
bungee shock cord.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 14960-1:2019, Inflatable play equipment — Part 1: Safety requirements and test methods
EN 362, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height — Connectors
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 14960-1 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
inflatable bungee run
game structure relying on a continuous supply of air to maintain its shape, on which users wearing a
harness connected to a bungee shock cord against which they pull horizontally along the containment
track or lane, see Figure 1
Key
1 back wall
2 containment wall
3 ground anchor points
4 bungee cord anchor points on the rear of the back wall
5 open side
6 containment track or lane
Figure 1 — Inflatable bungee run (two lane)
3.2
bungee harness
harness worn by the user to which one end of the bungee shock cord is connected
3.3
bungee shock cord
elasticated cord or rope secured at one end to the bungee harness and the other end to the inflatable
3.4
containment track or lane
inflated track or lane created by the back wall and two parallel side walls along which the user moves as
far as possible towards the open side, see Figure 1
3.5
ground anchor point
attachment point connected at an angle to the bottom perimeter edge or seam of the inflatable, to allow
insertion of the anchorage stake
Note 1 to entry: Anchorage in an impact area is illustrated in Figure 8 of EN 14960-1:2019.

4 Safety requirements
4.1 Materials
4.1.1 Bungee harness
The bungee harness shall be of sufficient strength to withstand a force of 2 400 N and shall be a minimum
width of 20 cm so as to spread the force created by the user in order to exclude bodily injury.
The harness shall be securely attached to the user at all times while using the equipment and shall be
adjustable to retain all intended users safely and securely.
4.1.2 Connectors
Connectors shall withstand a force of 2 400 N and shall be safe in use without causing risk of injury and
shall comply with EN 362.
A two-stage fail safe locking system shall be used.
4.1.3 Bungee shock cord
The maximum length shall not exceed 3,3 m.
The minimum d
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