Safety regulator, Pottery Barn Kids Inc. Announce Recall of Bunk Beds
Recall 01015 · Oct 17, 2000 · Pottery Barn Kids Inc.
200
units affected
200
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 01015
- Date
- Oct 17, 2000
- Company
- Pottery Barn Kids Inc.
- Units affected
- 200
- Product
- Stinson Bunk Beds
- Product type
- Bunk Beds
- Hazard
- Falls
The product
The bunk beds are made of pine in white or honey, and are identified in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog by model numbers 3443082 or 3443090.
What can happen
The side rail and guardrails on these beds can break, causing the bed to collapse and allowing childen to fall out of the beds.
The fix
Consumers should stop using the bunk beds and contact Pottery Barn Kids to schedule a home pick-up. The firm will refund the purchase price, including shipping, and provide a $200 gift certificate.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Pottery Barn has received two reports of beds collapsing. Two 3-year-old girls suffered minor scrapes and bruises in separate incidents.
- Sold at
- The recalled bunk beds were sold through Pottery Barn Furniture Outlets in Leesburg, Va.; Memphis, Tenn.; Dawsonville, Ga.; and Jeffersonville, Ohio; and nationwide, through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog, from September 1999 through July 2000, for about $1,100.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled stinson bunk beds?
Consumers should stop using the bunk beds and contact Pottery Barn Kids to schedule a home pick-up. The firm will refund the purchase price, including shipping, and provide a $200 gift certificate.
What is the hazard?
The side rail and guardrails on these beds can break, causing the bed to collapse and allowing childen to fall out of the beds.
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.