BS EN ISO 24415-1:2009

Tips for assistive products for walking. Requirements and test methods. Friction of tips | Status: Confirmed, Current

1 Scope This part of ISO 24415 specifies requirements and test methods for the friction between the tips for assistive products for walking and the walking surface. This part of ISO 24415 is not applicable to tips manufactured for special purposes. The requirements and test method are based on a usage of tips for ordinary gait on the dry and flat walking surface.

EXAMPLE 1

Examples of assistive products for walking are walking sticks, elbow crutches, forearm crutches, auxillary crutches, walking frames, rollators and walking tables.

EXAMPLE 2

An example of special purposes is ice and/or snow.