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November 21, 1996 |
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CPSC Warns of Strangulation Hazard with All Our Kids
Portable Cribs/Playpens
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) is warning consumers that about 13,000 portable
cribs/playpens sold under the brand name All Our Kids
pose a strangulation hazard to young children. The playpens,
also known as travelyards or playards, have rotating top
rails, which can collapse unexpectedly, trapping a child at
the neck in the "V" formed by the collapsed top rail.
The CPSC is aware of 7 babies who strangled in
collapsed portable playpens with similar top rail designs
made by three other manufacturers. The most recent of these
deaths occurred on October 15, 1996. The top rails of the
All Our Kids playpens can collapse even when the product is
set up properly.
The All Our Kids playards, models 741, 742 and 761,
come in a variety of colors, shapes (rectangular and square)
and sizes with some having a detachable toy bag on one end.
The words "All Our Kids" appear on two of the four top
rails. A variety of retailers sold the playpens nationwide
from 1992 to 1995.
The Draco Corporation of Montebello, Calif., sold the
playards under the All Our Kids brand name. CPSC is not
announcing a recall of these products because Draco/All Our
Kids is out of business. Consumers who own All Our Kids
model 741, 742 and 761 portable cribs/playards should stop
using them immediately and destroy them to prevent future
use.
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