For many Americans, a flat panel TV is a great way to enjoy family time and entertainment. However, most parents are unaware of the safety risks that flat panel TVs pose for kids. Due to increasing size and new ultra thin designs, today’s flat panel TVs can easily tip over when bumped or pulled, toppling off of furniture and causing injury or even death.
Bringing this risk to the forefront, SANUS, the leading designer and manufacturer of flat panel TV wall mounts, has partnered with Safe Kids Worldwide. By educating consumers on the risk of unsecured flat panel TV’s, SANUS and Safe Kids Worldwide offer safe solutions for families across the nation by reducing TV tip-over related injuries and fatalities.
A 2011 US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report on flat panel TV safety revealed:
- A child is killed every three weeks from an unsecured TV
- Every 45 minutes a child visits an emergency room due to a TV tip-over related injury
- Between 2000 and 2011, 215 fatalities have resulted from TV tip-over
- An estimated 17,000 people each year, the majority of which are children, are treated for injuries from TV tip-overs
- Reported cases have increased almost 25% from 2006 to 2010, and over the last 10 years, injuries have increased by 31%
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- Easy 1, 2, 3 installation with a wall template to ensure even placement
- Online video walkthrough of simple installation available at any time
- No additional tools necessary – all required installation hardware is included in package
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I’mnot sure what my TV size is – i’d have to ask my bf if I win. However, i’d use this in my bedroom tv.
at the moment, I do-not have a flat tv but would secure-it as much as possible!
46″ for my bedroom.
we have a 42 inch we need to put in our bedroom
We have a 50″ and I’d put it on our living room wall. I have a plug just waiting for me to get a mount to put our tv up out of the way. It would give us so much more room.
My TV is a 32″ (I think and I would mount it in my home office.
47″ and I’d mount it in our living room
We have a 42inch tv and I would mount it on our livingroom wall.
55″ and in the living room.
We have a 37 inch tv in the bedroom. I’d use this for that one and clear off some bureau space!
We have a 42 inch flat screen TV in our bedroom. We’d use it for that. (I think it’s 42…might be 36…the one in our living room is 56)
We have a 32″ in the Den. Thanks for the great giveaway! hstorm799{at}gmail{dot}com
I’m not sure what size the TV in my bedroom is but that is the one I would love to mount. Right now it sits at a weird angle and its hard to watch 🙁 I know the perfect place for it, but it would require a wall mount 🙂
42″ for the bedroom.
We have a 42 inch in the loft
we have a 32 inch flat screen we want to put in our boys bedroom! This would be perfect
We have a 37 inch tv.
we have a 55 inch tv but want to upgrade to a 70 and I would put it in our living room 🙂
42 inch for the living room
I have a 55″ and would mount it in the living room.
32 inch, living room
I have a 42 inch tv. I would love this for my room.
I’d put it in the living room. Our tv is 37 inches.
in the bedroom for a 42″
We have a 42″ one in our bedroom, and it needs to be hung!
We have a 42″ that would look good mounted in our living room.
We have a 42″ that’s sitting on our dresser in the bedroom… this would definitely be for that TV in the bedroom
34 inch and I would love to use it in the kids room for safety
I would use this with our 32″ TV in the bedroom.
I would put the mount on the bedroom wall.
a 20 inch ( i think?) i would put it in the living room
We have a 55″ inch, and I would put this in our bedroom. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
Erin E
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32 inch I’d use it in my bedroom
We have a 32 inch tv we want to put in our boys play room for video games and I think this would be PERFECT!
it is 47 or 50 in the living room
32 inch and on my bedroom
vmkids3 at msn dot com
We have a 42″ TV and I would use the Sanus in the living room if I won it 🙂
Thank You for the chance to enter
32″ TV AND MOUNT IN DEN
40 inch and probably bedroom
I would mount the TV in our spare / workout room. It is a 37 inch.
We have a 46″ tv. If I won the mount I would place it above our fireplace in our living room
I have a 40″. Would totally use this in my bedroom!
We have a 32 inch tv, I would mount it in the bedroom. It would be so nice to know my grandchildren would be safe
46″, in the Family Room. This would be a much safer arrangement.
So much more elegant than the sticky-tack and crazy glue that currently hold my TV up!
We have a 42″ tv and I would use this in the living room.
boylaneely at hotmail dot com
We have a 55″ TV sitting on our dresser. I would like to mount it in the living room!
Our bedroom tv is a 32″ tv Currently sits on a chest
24″ in my son’s room
We have a 50 or 52 inch (I can’t remember, although I’m sure my husband knows!) and this would be perfect for it in our living room!
My current TV is 55″ and i’d use it for the bedroom
We want to mount our 42″ TV on the wall of our bedroom
55 inch would put in living room
We have a 50 inch in the living room & the bedrooms have TVs ranging from 26 inches to 32 inches. I’d probably use this in my bedroom so I can get the TV off the top of my dresser.
We have a 42 inch TV in our living room. I would love to mount it on the wall!
We have a 52′. Would really like to mount it in the living room. Have had some close calls already with balls being thrown by the kids and the dog running around.
I have a 27″ TV and I’d put this in my bedroom.
48 inch in the living room.
In the past 6 months we have lost two TV’s to children and animals. This would be a great help for the new 42″ flat screen in our living room!
I have 2 42′ inch tv’s. It will proably go in our bedroom.
We are buying a new TV, probably 40″ or 50″
oh and it will go in our bedroom.
42 inch and this is for the living room
I have a 55 inch I would put in my living room.
The living room.
we have a 40 inch television. It would look great mounted in our bedroom 🙂
We have a large flatscreen in the living room.
I have several sized TV’s. we are moving to a new home and would use this in the family room.
42 inch in our bedroom!
60 inch , I would keep this in my living room
40 inch, living room! Thank you!
we have a 24 inch and i’d use this in the living room
42 inch tv in exercise room
WE HAVE AA 55 INCH IN OUR BASEMENT.
We have a 32″ TV and I would hang it in our bedroom over our dresser.
I don’t know how big our TV is. My husband takes care of that. This would go in the man cave.
I think we have a 38″ TV that we would mount in the living room.
Ours is a 50 inch. It would go in the living room.
32inch and I would use it in the kids playroom. We have been wanting to mount a tv on the wall and get rid of the entertainment center.
We have a 42 inch I think, i’d definitely use this in the living room!
i would use it in my living room
I would love to mount this in my living room. I provide home childcare and this is a safety issue with having the TV on a stand.
we are going to buy a 42 or 50 inch soon, for our living room above the fireplace
52 inch
living room
42 inch
living room
We have a 42 inch tv, but I would use this with the 19 inch we don’t use in the spare room
I have a 46″ TV. I would use it in the living room.
We don’t have a flat screen yet, but are planning to buy one very soon for our living room.
We have a 52″ & two 34?”
I’d probably use it in the bedroom.
I think ours is 59 inches. To me it is huge but we got it at a very significant discount at Costco. All I could afford when I was in college was a 5″ screen black and white tv. We would mount it in our living room because right now it is on a cabinet on a stand and the kids do climb up on their toys to try to get to it.
We have a 42″ tv. It is in our living room, which is where we would keep it. But right now it is sitting on a low, not so sturdy stand. I would LOVE to mount it! Not just for the safety reasons, but there are always tons of little people fingerprints on it, not to mention cat hair from our cats trying to chase stuff on the screen.