Cranach Hardware recalls plastic tip restraint kits over breakage that can let furniture tip over
The plastic brackets and zip tie in these furniture straps can break or wear down, so secured furniture could tip over and badly hurt or even kill a young child or an older adult.
What to do
Stop using the plastic tip restraints right away and keep children away from the furniture. Contact Cranach Hardware for a free stainless steel replacement kit, and send photo proof that you destroyed or threw away the old one.
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Recall details
- Product
- Cranach Hardware Plastic Tip Restraint Kits
- Company
- Cranach Hardware, of China
- Hazard
- The recalled plastic tip restraint kits (also referred to as furniture straps) can break or degrade, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in serious injuries or death to children or elderly consumers interacting with furniture that is secured to the wall with the defective plastic tip restraints.
- Injuries
- CPSC is aware of at least 115 incidents where consumers reported that the defective plastic tip restraint kits broke, including six reported tip-over incidents. No injuries have been reported.
- Units
- About 55,170
- Where sold
- Sold at Amazon, beginning in September 2019, for between $6 and $30 (depending on the number of units in the package).
- Remedy
- Replace
- Notice last updated
- October 23, 2025
- Recall date
- October 23, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from CPSC.
Cranach Hardware Recalls Tip Restraint Kits Due to Tip-Over Hazard; Manufactured by Cranach Hardware
- Description
- This recall involves defective plastic tip restraint kits (also referred to as furniture straps) manufactured by Cranach Hardware. The recalled tip restraint kits contain two white plastic brackets/mounts (one for connection to furniture and the other for connection to the wall), a white plastic cable zip tie, two different pairs of screws (one longer than the other), and two drywall anchors. The plastic in the brackets/mounts and the cable zip tie can break or degrade over time, which could lead to furniture tipping over if a consumer interacts with furniture that was secured by the recalled product. CPSC testing revealed that the recalled plastic tip restraints failed to meet the requirements of ASTM F3096-23, the industry standard for tip restraints. Young children or elderly adults could be severely injured if interacting with furniture that is secured to the wall with these defective plastic tip restraints.
- Hazard
- The recalled plastic tip restraint kits (also referred to as furniture straps) can break or degrade, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in serious injuries or death to children or elderly consumers interacting with furniture that is secured to the wall with the defective plastic tip restraints.
- Remedy
- Consumers should stop using Cranach Hardware plastic tip restraints immediately and contact Cranach Hardware for a free replacement tip restraint kit made of stainless steel. Keep children away from the unit while waiting for a replacement tip restraint kit. Consumers will need to provide photographic evidence of destruction or disposal of the product to receive a replacement tip restraint kit from Cranach Hardware. Remedy options: Replace.
- Injuries
- CPSC is aware of at least 115 incidents where consumers reported that the defective plastic tip restraint kits broke, including six reported tip-over incidents. No injuries have been reported.
- Number of units
- About 55,170
- Sold at
- Sold at Amazon, beginning in September 2019, for between $6 and $30 (depending on the number of units in the package).
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