This document specifies additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B floating leisure articles for use on and in the water regardless whether the buoyancy is achieved by inflation or inherent buoyant material.

This document is applicable for Class B floating leisure articles as specified in ISO 25649-1:2024, Table 1.

Class B devices provide a buoyant structure with one or more body openings into which the user is positioned partly immersed.

NOTE 1        Typical products in Class B (see Annex B):

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floating rafts with interior body holding system (“swim seats”) mostly in circular or square shape, fantasy shape for playing purposes;

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floating fantasy shaped structures with one or more openings to host a child’s body, with or without body holding system;

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floating with slits or openings to put legs through any shape;

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floating rings with interior seat segments inside the circular body opening.

NOTE 2        Typical places for application:

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pools;

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protected areas of lakes, ponds;

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protected areas of sea shore (no offshore winds, no currents).