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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying accounts | The Eastern Company and Subsidiaries Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying accounts
COL. A |  | COL. B |  |  | COL. C |  |  | COL. D |  |  | COL. E |
|  |  |  |  | ADDITIONS |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | (1) Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | (2) Charged to Other Accounts-Describe |  |  | Deductions – Describe |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 519,000 |  |  | $ | 44,502 |  |  | $ |  |  |  | $ | 140,502 | (a) |  | $ | 423,000 |
Fiscal year ended January 1, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 392,000 |  |  | $ | 177,186 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 50,186 | (a) |  | $ | 519,000 |
Fiscal year ended January 2, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 328,000 |  |  | $ | 320,716 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 256,716 | (a) |  | $ | 392,000 |
| (a) | Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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