EN 1270:2005 – Playing field equipment – Basketball equipment – Functional and safety requirements, test methods

1 Scope
This European Standard specifies functional requirements (see Clause 3) and safety requirements (see Clause 4) for basketball equipment.
This European Standard is applicable to 8 types of basketball equipment within the classes A to E (see 3.1).
This European Standard is not applicable to home basketball equipment, which is considered to be covered by EN 71-1, and to ball throwing equipment.
NOTE The intended use of ball throwing equipment is for the purpose of practising attempts to propel the basketball into the basket.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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 913:1996, Gymnastic equipment — General safety requirements and test methods.
EN 10025-1, Hot-rolled products of structural steels — Part 1: General technical delivery conditions.
EN 10025-2, Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels.
EN ISO 2062, Textiles — Yarns from packages — Determination of single-end breaking force and elongation at break (ISO 2062:1993).
3 Requirements
3.1 Classification
Basketball equipment shall be classified by the design (types) and the free space (see Table 2) as typical performance criterion (classes) as shown in Tables 1 and 2.
3.2 Dimensions
Basketball equipment shall comply with the dimensions shown in Figures 8 to 11 and Tables 3 and 4.
A complete set of basketball equipment shall have the following components:
a) 1 backboard;
b) 1 ring;
c) 1 net;
d) the supporting frame;
e) stability devices.
EN 1270:2005 – Playing field equipment – Basketball equipment – Functional and safety requirements, test methods