Safety regulator, KinderkidsTM Announce Recall of Inflatable Playrings for Babies
Recall 00172 · Aug 29, 2000 · KinderkidsTM
18,000
units affected
18,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 00172
- Date
- Aug 29, 2000
- Company
- KinderkidsTM
- Units affected
- 18,000
- Product
- Inflatable playrings
- Product type
- Toy Play Sets/Activity Sets
- Hazard
- Suffocation
The product
Babies sit inside the playring, which is used as an activity center and looks like a pool float. The recalled playring, which measures 40 inches in diameter, has a yellow, plastic, inflatable, inner tube with a multicolor cloth covering. The cloth covering features eight activities for babies, including a boat rattle, a mirror flower, a soft teether on a puppy's collar, a butterfly, and a squeak ball and fish. A tag on the bottom of the cloth covering reads "Warning!" and "Recommended for children 6 to 18 months." The packaging reads, "Discovery Playring," "MADE IN CHINA" and "Not to be used in water." They are sold with plastic foot pumps for inflating the playrings.
What can happen
When a baby leans his face against the side of the playring, the soft surface covers the baby's nose and mouth, restricting airflow, and posing the risk of suffocation.
The fix
Consumers should stop using the playrings immediately and discard or destroy these products. The firm is out of business and cannot be contacted, and a refund is no longer available.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- The baby was removed from the playring without injury.
- Sold at
- Walmart stores, and One Step Ahead, a mail-order company, sold the playrings, from July 1998 through April 2000, for between $20 and $35.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled inflatable playrings?
Consumers should stop using the playrings immediately and discard or destroy these products. The firm is out of business and cannot be contacted, and a refund is no longer available.
What is the hazard?
When a baby leans his face against the side of the playring, the soft surface covers the baby's nose and mouth, restricting airflow, and posing the risk of suffocation.
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.