BIFMA X5.4 Association Ballot

BIFMA has been reviewing its ANSI/BIFMA X5.4-2012 – Lounge and Public Seating – Tests Standard.  BIFMA’s released the new version of the standard, ANSI/BIFMA X5.4-2020 – Public and Lounge Seating, on May 14th.  The most salient change of this new edition is that this new edition is based on a 275 lbs individual instead of 253 lbs which results in higher loads used for many of the tests and brings it in line with BIFMA X 5.1.

The table below is a test-by-test comparison between the 2012 version and the newly released 2020 version.  This will hopefully help you follow the newly implemented changes and how it might impact your products. The changes were categorized in one of four ways:

• No impact: The change has no direct impact on completed tests
• No retesting required: The change renders the applicable test less severe and tests co