Note: Firm is out of business. Do not use these products. Please discard or destroy these products.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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Originally issued January 26, 1983; Revised July 10, 2001 |
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Release # 83-003 |
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CPSC Announces Repair Program
For Children's Play Gyms
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, American Toy & Furniture Company, Inc.,
Chicago, Illinois, and Sears, Roebuck and Co., today announced
a voluntary repair program of 30,000 children's play gyms sold
from 1976 through July, 1980.
There have been no reports of incidents or injuries involving
this gym. However, there have been three reports of suffocation
from infant head or neck entrapment between the steps of the ladder
of a play gym similar in appearance, but not sold by Sears and
not manufactured by American Toy & Furniture. While the Sears play
gym has several features which make accidents less likely, a repair
program is being conducted as an additional precaution.
The product made by American Toy & Furniture was sold nationwide
only through Sears catalogues for about $30. The product was sold
under the name "Wood and Hardboard Play Gym." It consists of a
hollow box, made of fiberboard and wood about 30 inches high which
supports a two-step wooden ladder on one side held in place by
two brackets and a short slide on the other. Gyms purchased after
July, 1980 are not affected. They incorporate a newly designed ladder.
Consumers owning affected gyms should discontinue use of the
ladder. Firm is out of business.
For further information about this recall, consumers
may call the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's toll-free
Hotline on 800-638-CPSC.
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