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Product Warranties | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2012
Product Warranties [Abstract] |
Product Warranties | (5) Product Warranties As of July 31, 2012 and October 31, 2011, the Company's accrual for estimated product warranty claims totaled $190,000 and $175,000, respectively, and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses. Warranty claims expense for the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2012 totaled $121,076 and $155,592, respectively, and warranty claims expense for the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2011 totaled $74,539 and $170,125, respectively. The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's accrual for product warranties during the nine months ended July 31, 2012 and 2011:
|  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | July 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 175,000 |  | $ | 170,000 |
Liabilities accrued for warranties issued during the period |  | 218,454 |  |  | 230,500 |
Warranty claims and costs paid during the period |  | (140,592 | ) |  | (150,125 | )
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties during the period |  | (62,862 | ) |  | (60,375 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 190,000 |  | $ | 190,000 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 45 -Paragraph 14 -Subparagraph a, b -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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