Safety regulator, Kids Line Inc. Announce Recall to Repair "Le Cradle" Bassinets
Recall 00167 · Aug 23, 2000 · Kids Line Inc.
46,000
units affected
46,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 00167
- Date
- Aug 23, 2000
- Company
- Kids Line Inc.
- Units affected
- 46,000
- Product
- Le Cradle bassinets
- Product type
- Bassinets/Baby Hammocks
- Hazard
- Suffocation
The product
The recalled bassinets were sold under the name "Le Cradle Bassinette." The bassinet has a white metal base with wheels and a removable canopy. The oval bassinet itself is made up of a metal wire frame and a wooden base board that rests on the metal base. A sticker on the mattress platform gives instructions for use of the bassinet and says, "Le Cradle, Kids Line, Los Angeles, California." A fabric-covered foam mattress covers the wooden board. Matching fabric covers the bassinet frame, and comes in various colors and designs.
What can happen
Infants can become entrapped in an opening between the bassinet's side and mattress platform and suffocate. Additionally, fabric can separate from the metal frame. Infants can be injured when they scrape against or become caught in the frame.
The fix
Consumers should stop using the bassinets immediately and contact Kids Line for a free in-home repair kit, designed to secure the fabric around the bassinet, to prevent entrapments and exposure to the metal frame.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Kids Line has received one report of a 3-month-old boy in Oakland Park, Fla. who died when he suffocated after becoming trapped between the bassinet's side and mattress platform. Three other infants were scraped and bruised from contact with the metal frame that became exposed when the fabric separated from the frame.
- Sold at
- Children's products stores nationwide sold the bassinets, from January 1989 through May 2000, for between $100 and $200.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled le cradle bassinets?
Consumers should stop using the bassinets immediately and contact Kids Line for a free in-home repair kit, designed to secure the fabric around the bassinet, to prevent entrapments and exposure to the metal frame.
What is the hazard?
Infants can become entrapped in an opening between the bassinet's side and mattress platform and suffocate. Additionally, fabric can separate from the metal frame. Infants can be injured when they scrape against or become caught in the frame.
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.