Product Recall Number: 16-042
Why was Roman shades recalled?
Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed ribbon (hobble tape) and the fabric on the backside of the shade or when a child pulls the tape out and wraps it around his/her neck.
Product Recall Number: 16-042
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2015-11-24
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Roman shades
Description: Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed ribbon (hobble tape) and the fabric on the backside of the shade or when a child pulls the tape out and wraps it around his/her neck.
Hazard Description: Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed ribbon (hobble tape) and the fabric on the backside of the shade or when a child pulls the tape out and wraps it around his/her neck.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund, Replace
Units: About 240 in United States
Incidents: None reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Roman shades and contact Lutron Electronics for a full refund or a free replacement shade.
Sold At: 54 Electric (formerly, Pfeiffer Electric), Bekins, Burgin Drapery Workroom, Don Fillers & Associates (DFA), Rosenburg Power Window Treatments and other residential window shading dealers from December 2009 through July 2015 for between $675 and $8,000.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Lutron Electronics Co. Inc., of Coopersburg, Pa.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed