Safety regulator, Hilton Hotels Corporation Announce Recall of Vacation Station™ Children's Cooler/Chairs
Recall 02202 · Jul 18, 2002 · Promotional Partners Group Limited
27,000
units affected
27,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 02202
- Date
- Jul 18, 2002
- Company
- Promotional Partners Group Limited
- Units affected
- 27,000
- Product
- Vacation Station™ children's cooler/chairs
- Product type
- Chairs, Stools & Benches
- Hazard
- Injury
The product
The recalled product is a multi-use product that can be used as both a child's chair or a food/beverage storage cooler. The cooler/chairs were given to hotel guests as a welcoming gift at participating Hilton®, Doubletree®, and Hilton Garden Inn® hotels and resorts. The chairs have either a purple aluminum frame with a purple fabric seat and green cooler bag, or a green aluminum frame with a green fabric seat and a blue cooler bag. Vacation Station™ is printed on the front of the cooler bag. The chairs were made in Hong Kong.
What can happen
When the chair collapses, the folding mechanism can pose a crushing, cutting or severing hazard to consumers' fingers.
The fix
Consumers should stop using the recalled cooler/chairs immediately and contact Hilton Hotels for information on returning the cooler/chairs and receiving a free replacement item.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Sold at
- Participating Hilton®, Doubletree®, and Hilton Garden Inn® hotels and resorts nationwide distributed the cooler chairs, between May 2002 and June 2002, for free to hotel guests with children.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled vacation station™ children's cooler/chairs?
Consumers should stop using the recalled cooler/chairs immediately and contact Hilton Hotels for information on returning the cooler/chairs and receiving a free replacement item.
What is the hazard?
When the chair collapses, the folding mechanism can pose a crushing, cutting or severing hazard to consumers' fingers.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.