CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using KareKlub Plastic Tip Restraint Kits Due to Tip-Over Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury and Death

The plastic 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.

CPSC urges consumers to immediately stop using these defective plastic tip restraints, remove them from furniture and dispose of them. Consumers should secure their furniture with tip restraints that are compliant with industry standard ASTM F3096-23.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using defective KareKlub plastic tip restraint kits (also referred to as furniture straps) because the plastic 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. 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 15 incidents where consumers reported that the defective plastic tip restraints broke, including two reports of breakage when children were climbing or jostling the furniture. The defective tip restraint kits contain 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 online at Amazon.com for between $5 and $10 (depending on the number of units in the package). CPSC urges consumers to immediately stop using these defective plastic tip restraints, remove them from furniture and dispose of them. 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 educational materials including instructions for properly anchoring furniture to prevent tip-overs. Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.

KareKlub plastic tip restraint kits.