Ikea’s Hemnes, Brimnes Daybed Frames Are Less Sturdy Than Advertised, Class Action Claims

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A proposed class action alleges Ikea has misrepresented the materials used to construct its line of Hemnes and Brimnes daybed frames, resulting in products with far less structural integrity than customers are led to expect.

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According to the 50-page case, defendants IKEA US Retail and IKEA North America Services represent in their floor models, catalogs and online product descriptions that the daybeds’ base slats are made of single pieces of “solid pine.” However, it isn’t until customers begin constructing the furniture that they realize each board is actually multiple pieces of wood connected via comb joints, the lawsuit says.

The complaint explains that a comb joint is made by cutting a set of interlocking, zig-zag patterns in two pieces of wood and gluing where the spines of one piece fit into the slots of the other to create the illusion of a single length of wood.

Per the filing, bed frame slats with comb joints can be less structurally sound than those made with solid pieces of wood.

The case includes several complaints from consumers who bought the Hemnes and Brimnes daybed frames only to have the wood boards break, sometimes shortly after purchase. Still, Ikea advertises the potentially dangerous daybeds as safe, sturdily constructed pieces of furniture with solid pine base slats, the lawsuit contends.

“As a result of the misrepresentation, owners of the [daybeds] received a product with less structural integrity than they paid for, and rightly expected,” the suit says. “Worse yet, because each board that makes up the bed frame is assembled using comb joints, repairs would only constitute temporary fixes because the replacement boards will ultimately fail as well.”

As the case tells it, customers would not have bought the Hemnes and Brimnes daybed frames—or they would have paid less for them—had they known of the alleged defect. However, the filing claims, Ikea “knowingly and intentionally” concealed the issue from consumers to retain profits.

The lawsuit looks to represent any person or entity in the United States that is a current or former owner and/or financier of a Hemnes or Brimnes daybed frame.

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