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5.4. Protruding objects

Objects shall not protrude into the pedestrian path more than 100 mm.

In case of elements protruding more than 100 mm from façades, posts or other
elements, the protruding edge shall extend to the floor or be at least 300 mm above the
floor, according to the illustration below.

Figure 8. Lateral protruding object limits

For all furniture the detection cone rule shall be followed. The detection cone is an
imaginary shape that describes the obstacles to be detected by blind persons with a
white cane.

The cone has a base of 500 mm diameter located 300 mm above the ground level. The
apex of this cone is located at a height of 900 mm height above the ground. The values
of the cone are shown in table 3.

Detection cone diameters depend on the height (above floor level) of the object.

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