KLOPFENSTEIN EASEL. art or ceramics supplies and equipment
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 28, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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- 1report to CPSC
- Nov 28, 2012the latest report was made
- Nov 28, 2012the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- KLOPFENSTEIN EASEL.
- Maker
- KLOPFENSTEIN ART EQUIPMENT, INCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Art or ceramics supplies and equipmentNot paintbrushesCPSC’s product type: Art or Ceramics Supplies and Equipment (Excl. Paintbrushes) (code 569), in Hobby: Arts & Crafts
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| November 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
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No one hurt Made Nov 28, 2012, sent to the company Dec 18, 2012, published by CPSC Jan 4, 2013
The product, in the report: It’s a full size metal easel, designed to hold large paintings for students to work on. I don’t have the model # right now, but I can get it for you at another time. The model # is KS100 made by the Klopfenstein Art Equipment Co. They are located in Lexington, Ohio.
I am an art professor in an art school. My department originally bought 25 metal easels made by the Klopfenstein Art Equipment Co. Almost immediately 2 of the easels fell in my classroom with no one nearby. My chairperson asked me look into it and I contacted the art store that sold us the easels. While there, I was shown another model that was almost perfectly identical, but differed in one important detail. To explain, the original easel’s angle is adjusted by a long metal rod sliding inside a metal tube. A short piece of rod is designed to turn into the tube from the side and apply pressure against the rod, securing the angle. The problem is that the long rod is very loose inside the tube and the short piece of rod is difficult to tighten.( it is all metal, without say, a rubber tip on its end) These easels weigh about 35 pounds and I believe that the locking system becomes loose from the vibrations in dragging the easels to different spots in the class. The other similar easel I saw uses a long square rod sliding inside a rectangular tube that fits it snugly. This one difference makes it far safer. It also is cheaper by $75. To compound the situation, my department ignored my report and ordered 25 more of the original easels. The sliding metal device which secures the top of paintings uses the same system and also slides straight down and will injure your hands if they are in the way. Since this time, students have been injured by the sliding “tops” and perhaps by the whole falling easels. I don’t know since teachers don’t bother reporting the accidents. But about a month ago, an easel fell and crashed into the head of a student sitting on the floor. Exactly one week later, in the same classroom, another student was beaned by a falling easel. Both of them escaped with no injuries...this time. I seem to be the only person concerned about this. And I couldn’t find any negative reports about the easels online.
- Model
- KS100
- Bought from
- Utrecht art store.
- Bought
- Sep 15, 2009, about then
- Where
- NYC, New York: School
- Who was involved
- Age 19, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Client, Patient, Student, Etc. (professional relationship)
- As this report names them
- Brand KLOPFENSTEIN EASEL., made or sold by KLOPFENSTEIN ART EQUIPMENT, INC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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