Product Recall Number: 11-041
Why was recalled?
"The aluminum rivets on the pogo stick’s frame tubes can break and cause the support clamp to detach and release the spring, posing fall and laceration hazards to consumers."
Product Recall Number: 11-041
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2010-11-17
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: None Listed
Description: The aluminum rivets on the pogo stick’s frame tubes can break and cause the support clamp to detach and release the spring.
Hazard Description: "The aluminum rivets on the pogo stick’s frame tubes can break and cause the support clamp to detach and release the spring, posing fall and laceration hazards to consumers."
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Dispose
Units: "About 3,100"
Incidents: "Sportcraft has received three reports of incidents with the pogo sticks, including two reports of injuries to the consumers’ inner thigh and hands requiring medical attention."
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled pogo sticks. The firm is out of business and a remedy is no longer available. Please destroy or discard the product.
Sold At: The Sports Authority stores nationwide from April 2010 through October 2010 for about $40.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: "Sportcraft Ltd., of Budd Lake, N.J."
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed