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Product Recall Number: 05-069

Why was First Team Attack, Force, and Titan basketball hoops recalled?

The bolt attaching the arm to the vertical post can break, causing the backboard to fall and injure someone standing below.

First Team Attack, Force, and Titan basketball hoops
Here's product recall specific data for First Team Attack, Force, and Titan basketball hoops.

  • Product Recall Number: 05-069

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2004-12-13

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: First Team Attack, Force, and Titan basketball hoops

  • Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), First Team Inc., Hutchinson, Kan. is voluntarily recalling about 7,600 basketball hoops. The bolt attaching the arm to the vertical post can break, causing the backboard to fall and injure someone standing below.Name of product: Basketball HoopsUnits: About 7,600Manufacturer: First Team Inc., Hutchinson, Kan.Hazard: The bolt attaching the arm to the vertical post can break, causing the backboard to fall and injure someone standing below.Incidents/Injuries: First Team received one report of a backboard falling. No injuries were reported.Description: This recall involves First Team Attack, Force, and Titan basketball hoops. The hoops have a spring-loaded E-Z crank, adjustable backboard that goes from 6-feet, 6-inches to 10-feet tall. "First Team" is written on the bottom left corner of the clear acrylic or tempered glass backboard. The heavy-duty basketball hoops are often professionally installed.Sold through: Internet sales, distributors, and independent retail stores from January 1996 through August 2004 for between $1,000 and $1,800.Manufactured in: U.S.A.Remedy: Consumers should stop using their basketball hoops and contact First Team Customer Service to receive a free repair kit.Contact: Call First Team at (800) 649-3688 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.

  • Hazard Description: The bolt attaching the arm to the vertical post can break, causing the backboard to fall and injure someone standing below.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Repair

  • Units: About 7,600

  • Incidents: First Team received one report of a backboard falling. No injuries were reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should stop using their basketball hoops and contact First Team Customer Service to receive a free repair kit.

  • Sold At: Internet sales, distributors, and independent retail stores from January 1996 through August 2004 for between $1,000 and $1,800.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: First Team Inc., Hutchinson, Kan.

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: United States

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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