Product Recall Number: 18-720

Product Recall Number: 18-720

Product Safety Warning Number:

Date: 2018-02-01

Product Safety Warning Date:

Name Of Product: Luminette privacy sheer blinds

Description: This recall involves custom-made Luminette privacy sheer blinds and other branded and generic sheer blinds listed below with the combination wand cord sold in white. The Hunter Douglas logo is printed on the end of the wand of the Luminette brand sheer blinds. The alternative brand and generic sheers do not have a logo. The cord/wand is unique to this product. The product was also sold under the following other brands and names: Allen + Roth Vertical Sheers Alta Shadings Budget Blinds Enlightened Style Shadings Comfortex Vertical Sheer Shadings Luxaflex MyBlinds Shadings Smith & Noble Vertical Sheer Shadings by Turnils, Unique Wholesale, United Supply, Century, Oxford House, or Matisse Vista Shadings

Hazard Description: The cord restraints on the combination wand/cord of the sheer blinds can break, posing a strangulation hazard to children.

Consumer Action: None Listed

Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

Remedy Type: Repair

Units: About 550 in the U.S. (In addition, 60 were sold in Canada)

Incidents: The firm has received 11 reports of broken or cracked cord restraints. No injuries have been reported.

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled sheer blinds and contact Hunter Douglas for a free repair kit. Hunter Douglas is contacting all known purchasers directly.

Sold At: Budget Blinds, Hunter Douglas dealers, JC Penney and Lowes stores nationwide from January 2017 through March 2017 for between $1,250 and $2,000.

Importers: Hunter Douglas Window Fashions Inc., of Broomfield, Colo. 

Manufacturers: None Listed

Distributors: Hunter Douglas Window Fashions Inc., of Broomfield, Colo. 

Manufactured In: U.S.

Custom Label: None Listed

Custom Field: None Listed