ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 17480 Firstedition 2015-03-01 Packaging Accessible design - Ease of opening Emballages - Conception accessible -Facilité d'ouverture Reference number ISO 17480:2015(E) SO International Organization for Standardization Zhejang Institute of Standardization 5956617 IS02015 vided by IHS underI Not for Resale, 2015/6/2 07:11:09 itted without license from IHS IS0 17480:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2015 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyrightoffice Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland Prganizationfor Standardization No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS IS0 17480:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions ..1 4 Accessible design of ease of opening 4.1 General .2 4.1.1 Context of use .2 4.1.2 Opening strength 2 4.1.3 Dexterity 2 4.1.4 Cognition 3 4.2 Specific considerations .3 4.2.1 Opening location .3 4.2.2 Methods and mechanisms of opening the package .3 4.2.3 Force and handling aspects .3 4.2.4 Reclosing of the package .3 5 Evaluation of ease of opening .4 5.1 General .4 5.2 Instrument-based evaluation ..4 5.3 User-based evaluation 6 Conformance ..4 Annex A (informative) Examples of opening-types ..6 Annex B (informative) Examples of mechanical evaluation methods ..10 Annex C (informative) Relation of human strength and dexterity to the opening of packages ...18. Annex D (informative) Consumer panel test for ease of opening .23 Annex E (informative) Relation of human cognition to the opening of packages ..31 Annex F (informative) Designer's checklist. ..36 Annex G (informative) Checklist for conformance with this International Standard ..39 Bibliography .41 iii Institute of Standardization 5956617 thout license from IHS