Note: The firm has agreed to recall this product. A remedy is now available for this product. 10/23/2025.
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Cranach Hardware Plastic Tip Restraint -
Cranach Hardware Plastic Tip Restraint
Consumers should be aware that a young child could be severely injured if interacting with furniture that is secured to the wall with these defective plastic tip restraints.
CPSC urges consumers to immediately stop using, remove from furniture and dispose of these defective plastic tip restraints. Consumers should secure their furniture with tip restraints that are compliant with industry standard ASTM F3096-23.
Product Safety Warning Details
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using defective plastic tip restraint kits (also referred to as furniture straps) manufactured by Cranach Hardware because the plastic can break or degrade over time. This could lead to furniture tipping over if a child interacts with furniture that was secured by this product. CPSC testing revealed that these defective plastic tip restraints failed to meet the requirements of ASTM F3096-23, the industry standard for tip restraints.
This is a hidden defect because consumers who purchase and install this product may be under a false sense of security that their furniture is safe from a tip-over incident. 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.
Consumers should be aware that a young child could be severely injured if interacting with furniture that is secured to the wall with these defective plastic tip restraints.
The defective tip restraint kits contained two plastic brackets, one for connection to furniture and the other for connection to the wall, a plastic cable zip tie, two different pairs of screws, one longer than the other, and two drywall anchors.
These defective plastic tip restraint kits have been sold on Amazon.com for between $6 and $30 (depending on the number of units in the package).
The manufacturer, Cranach Hardware, of China, has not responded to a request for an acceptable recall.
These products were manufactured in China.
CPSC urges consumers to immediately stop using, remove from furniture and dispose of these defective plastic tip restraints. Consumers should secure their furniture with tip restraints that are compliant with industry standard ASTM F3096-23.
CPSC’s Anchor It! website, https://www.anchorit.gov/, has free, downloadable educational materials available to the public, including important instructions for properly anchoring furniture to prevent tip-overs.
Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
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.
Related Recalls
During assembly or disassembly, the 215-pound frame of the wall bed can fall onto consumers, posing deadly impact, crush, and laceration hazards.
The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in a risk of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.
The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails because when the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation. In addition, the bed rails do not bear the required hazard warning labels.
The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.
The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.
The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for children’s portable bed rails because, when installed adjacent to the bed, the child can become entrapped in the enclosed openings, the openings on the side of the mattress, and the openings on top of the mattress, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to entrapment.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. Since the CPSC was established more than 50 years ago, it has worked to ensure the safety of consumer products, which has contributed to a decline in injuries associated with these products.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
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