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Millions of Tip-Over Kits Recalled for Tip-Over and Entrapment Hazard
January 11,
2024 by HFBusiness Staff in Business Strategy, Industry 
Alliance4Safety and 31 furniture companies recall millions of plastic New Age Furniture tip-over restraint kits due to tip-over and entrapment hazards to children. This recall involves plastic New Age furniture tip restraint kits that were sold and distributed by various furniture companies with clothing storage units. The kits were sold at furniture stores nationwide and online from November 2019 through present.
Furniture companies have received two reports of the New Age tip kits breaking. No injuries have been reported.
The plastic zip tie used with the recalled furniture tip kits can become brittle or break, which can allow a clothing storage unit that is anchored to the wall to detach during a furniture tip-over event, posing a tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or serious injuries to children.
The New Age tip restraint kits included a plastic zip-tie, two brackets, and two screws and were sold with clothing storage units manufactured in Vietnam. The date of manufacture should be listed on a sticker or stamped on the clothing storage unit as November 2019 or later. The packaging of the recalled tip kits is white with black lettering and includes directions on how to anchor furniture. The bottom of the packaging states “Manufactured by New Age Industries.”
Companies participating in the recall are: American Drew, American Woodcrafters, Amini Innovation Corporation, Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC, Aspenhome, Austin Group Furniture, LLC and Avalon International Inc., LLC.
Also, Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., Drew and Jonathan by Hooker Furnishings, Emery Park, FD Home Corp., Flexsteel Industries, Inc., Furniture Values International, LLC, Homelegance USA, LLC, Hooker Furnishings, Kincaid Furniture, LC Direct Furniture, Legacy Classic/Modern Furniture and Liberty Furniture Industries, Inc.
And Magnussen Home Furnishings, Inc., New Classic Home Furnishings, Inc., Parker House Furniture, Progressive Furniture, Pulaski Furniture, Riverside Furniture, Samuel Lawrence, Springhill Designs, Standard Furniture Manufacturing Co., LLC, Universal Furniture, Van Thiel & Co. and Vanguard Furniture Company.
Consumers should immediately check if their clothing storage unit has a date of manufacture sticker or stamp of November 2019 or later. If so, and if the tip kit is made of plastic, consumers should contact Alliance4Safety for a free replacement tip kit. Keep children away from the unit while waiting for a replacement tip kit.