BS 4875-7:1985

Foreword
Committees responsible
Methods
1 Scope
2 Principle
3 General requirements for tests
4 Inspection before and after testing
5 Apparatus
6 Procedures
7 Interpretation of results
8 Test report
Appendices
A Explanation fof furniture test levels
B Calibration of drawer slamming machine
Tables
1 Summary of test procedures
2 Average loads applied to parts other than the part
    being tested
3 Maximum loads applied to parts undergoing test
4 Steel impact plates
5 Relationship of test levels to use of furniture
6 Specific applications for furniture in relation to
    test levels
Figures
1 Deflection of shelves
2 Strength of shelf supports
3 Deflection of clothes rails
4 Strength of clothes rail supports
5 Wear and fatigue of pivoted doors
6 Strength of pivoted doors
7 Wear and fatigue of sliding doors
8 Slam open/shut of sliding doors
9 Strength of flaps
10 Slam open/shut of roll front
11 Wear and fatigue of drawers and runners
12 Displacement of bottom surface of drawers
13 Slam shut of drawers
14 Strength of runners
15 Strength of carcase and underframe

Applicable to storage furniture except built-in furniture. Specifies five test levels and gives guidance on types of use to which each level is applicable.