ISO 7175-2-2019 PDF

Full title and description

ISO 7175-2:2019 — Furniture — Children's cots and folding cots for domestic use — Part 2: Test methods. This part specifies the test methods used to assess the mechanical and safety performance of children's cots and folding cots intended for domestic use (internal length between 900 mm and 1 400 mm).

Abstract

This document gives the standardized test procedures to evaluate safety attributes of children's cots and folding cots (e.g., resistance to impact and load, stability, locking devices and endurance under repeated use) so that manufacturers, test laboratories and regulators can verify compliance with the corresponding safety requirements.

General information

• Status: Published — International Standard (confirmed in systematic review 2024).
• Publication date: January 18, 2019 (published January 2019).
• Publisher: ISO — International Organization for Standardization.
• ICS / categories: 97.140 (Furniture).
• Edition / version: Edition 3 (2019).
• Number of pages: 28.

Key bibliographic and life‑cycle metadata above are taken from the official ISO record for ISO 7175-2:2019.

Scope

Specifies test methods for assessing the safety of children's cots and folding cots for domestic use with internal lengths greater than 900 mm and not more than 1 400 mm. The standard provides procedures to determine if a cot maintains required safety characteristics after mechanical and durability testing; it is intended to be used together with the companion Part 1 (safety requirements). European national/adopted equivalents (EN 716‑2) cover closely aligned test methods and scope.

Key topics and requirements

• Definition of test specimen and preparatory inspection (assembly, visual checks, measurement of clearances and dimensions).
• Impact and strength tests on sides, ends and base (to simulate knocks and falls).
• Stability tests (to check tipping and overturn behavior under specified loads).
• Locking and location device tests (operation, durability and effectiveness after cycling).
• Fatigue, endurance and repeated‑use cycling tests on moving or load‑bearing parts.
• Static loading tests on mattress support and structural elements.
• Measurements of gaps, slat spacing and openings to evaluate entrapment risks.
• Requirements for test fixtures, test mattress specification and test loads/forces to be applied during procedures.

The list above summarizes the principal mechanical and safety test areas specified in the standard and in widely available test-method summaries used by testing laboratories.

Typical use and users

Used by cot manufacturers (design validation and quality control), independent testing laboratories (type testing and certification), product safety engineers, retailers (product acceptance testing) and national regulators/market surveillance authorities to verify that cots meet the companion safety requirements and national regulations. Standards committees and conformity assessment bodies also refer to these test methods when drafting or harmonizing local requirements.

Related standards

Directly related: ISO 7175-1:2019 (Part 1: Safety requirements). European equivalents and harmonized documents include EN 716-2 (Part 2: Test methods) and national adoptions of EN 716. Earlier withdrawn edition: ISO 7175-2:1997 (superseded by the 2019 edition).

Keywords

children's cots, folding cots, test methods, safety testing, furniture safety, ISO 7175, ISO/TC 136, stability tests, impact tests, endurance tests, mattress support, 900 mm–1400 mm.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO 7175-2:2019 is the part of the ISO 7175 series that defines the standardized test methods used to assess the mechanical safety and durability of children's cots and folding cots for domestic use.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers prescribed test procedures — e.g., impact, static loading, stability, locking‑device operation, fatigue/endurance cycling and measurements of gaps/clearances — applied to cots with internal length between 900 mm and 1 400 mm to determine whether they meet safety requirements.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Manufacturers, product designers, independent test laboratories, conformity assessment bodies, retailers and regulators use the standard to verify product safety and conformance to the companion Part 1 safety requirements.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: Current — ISO 7175-2:2019 was published in January 2019 (edition 3) and the ISO record shows the standard was reviewed and confirmed in 2024; it replaces the earlier 1997 edition.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — it is Part 2 of the ISO 7175 series; Part 1 (ISO 7175-1:2019) contains the safety requirements that the test methods in Part 2 are intended to verify.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: children's cots, folding cots, test methods, safety, stability, impact test, fatigue, mattress support, ISO 7175, furniture safety.