![]() ![]() People who don't live in earthquake zones will likely put these brackets in their junk drawers and forget about them.Īs others have said, the risk of harm of the thing tipping over scales with (a) whether you live in an earthquake zone (b) whether you have toddlers in the home and (c) the weight of the thing that's resting on it. One arm of the bracket attaches to your furniture and the other arm has a largish hole in it which you have to figure out how to attach to your wall, the details of which depend very much on what your wall happens to be made of and how far away from it the piece is. The IKEA piece in question would have come with a small metal bracket with screws. The Ikea police won't track you down if you don't use the wall bracket, but you'll bear the full responsibility if there is an accident. But do recognize that it can be a safety hazard, especially if you have rambunctious young children or pets.Īs an adult with no kids who normally operates their furniture within the design parameters, however, I have never felt unsafe near an unsecured piece of Ikea furniture. The piece you mention is only 30lbs (14 kg) and 15" (40 cm) tall, so it's unlikely to tip over, and unlikely to cause severe harm if it did, so it's a pretty low-risk piece of furniture even if you don't attach it to the wall. Since then, Ikea has issued recalls and safety warnings, instructing people to attach their furniture to the wall to avoid such incidents. No no! What Ikea says about anchoring furniture applies to all furniture.Ī few years ago, there were several tragic accidents where young children were crushed by Ikea furniture. Unfortunately, people misconstrued this message to think "only IKEA furniture needs to be anchored to the wall. The bereaved were happy to trade away some settlement $, and IKEA was happy to participate. ![]() Needless to say, with IKEA, lawyers and bereaved saw an opportunity to do some good. ![]() The idea that furniture toppling was a dangerous threat wasn't really coming together, because it was 1000 worldwide accidents from furniture built by a thousand sellers, suits were rare, and no defendant ever had the marketing "punch" to get the message out. You probably don't even know whose furniture that is. If you buy a locally made TV stand from George Utrecht Family Furniture down on Mill Road, and a child climbs on it and it falls over, you'd never dream of suing old George. This is because of IKEA's iconography in the minds of the public. "Why do I have to attach IKEA furniture to the wall specifically? No other furniture seller requires this." ![]()
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