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RecallOct 23, 2025· Safety gear· All ages

Cranach Hardware Tip Restraint Kits

Official title: Cranach Hardware Recalls Tip Restraint Kits Due to Tip-Over Hazard; Manufactured by Cranach Hardware

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Recalled Cranach Hardware Plastic Tip Restraint Kit
Recalled Cranach Hardware Plastic Tip Restraint Kit · Photo: CPSC
Recalled Cranach Hardware Plastic Tip Restraint Kit
Recalled Cranach Hardware Plastic Tip Restraint Kit · Photo: CPSC
Replacement Stainless Steel Tip Restraint Kit
Replacement Stainless Steel Tip Restraint Kit · Photo: CPSC

Cranach Hardware plastic tip restraint kits (furniture straps), sold on Amazon, are being recalled. The plastic brackets and zip tie can break or degrade, which could let secured furniture tip over, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in serious injuries or death to children or elderly consumers.

What to do

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.

Contact: Cranach Hardware toll-free at 888-798-9487 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at info@cranach-hardware.com or online at www.cranach-hardware.com/recalls.html or go to www.cranach-hardware.com and click on "Product Recalls" at the top of the page for more information.

How common was it?

WidespreadAbout 55,170 sold at Amazon, about 1 month

Tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands sold, or at big chain stores. Check your home.

Read the official CPSC notice →

Official notice

CPSC's own wording, unchanged.

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.

Sold at

Amazon, beginning in September 2019, for between $6 and $30 (depending on the number of units in the package).

Units

About 55,170

Incidents and 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.

Brand

Cranach Hardware

From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, recalled Oct 23, 2025. The summary above is ours; for anything that matters, go by the official notice. Had a problem with this product? Report it at SaferProducts.gov.

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