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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.

Roman shades
Here's product recall specific data for Roman shades.

  • 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