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Product Recall Number: 80-018

Why was Infant toys known as "crib exercisers" or "baby chains" recalled?

Approximately 600 infant toys known as "crib exercisers" or "baby chains" are being recalled because they may pose a strangulation hazard to infants.

Infant toys known as "crib exercisers" or "baby chains"
Here's product recall specific data for Infant toys known as "crib exercisers" or "baby chains".

  • Product Recall Number: 80-018

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 1980-05-13

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Infant toys known as "crib exercisers" or "baby chains"

  • Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 14) -- Approximately 600 infant toys known as "crib exercisers" or "baby chains" are being recalled because they may pose a strangulation hazard to infants. The recall is being conducted voluntarily by the toy's importer, Play Spaces International, of Waltham, Massachusetts, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The toy consists of an elastic cord strung with 11 colored wooden rings and balls and is intended to be suspended over the infant after being strung across from one crib railing to the other. CPSC staff believes, however, that parents mistakenly might position the toy close enough to enable the infant to become entangled in the elastic and thereby strangle. Parents also might place the toy in the crib with their child, according to CPSC staff. No injuries or deaths involving this toy have been reported to the firm or to CPSC. The exercisers have been sold in retail stores nationwide for approximately $7.50 each. The toys are sold in plastic packages which are labeled "Schowanek" and "Made in West Germany." The package may be stamped with model number 10890. Consumers should return the toys to the place of purchase for a full cash refund.

  • Hazard Description: Approximately 600 infant toys known as "crib exercisers" or "baby chains" are being recalled because they may pose a strangulation hazard to infants.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: Approximately 600

  • Incidents: No injuries or deaths involving this toy have been reported to the firm or to CPSC.

  • Remedy: Consumers should return the toys to the place of purchase for a full cash refund.

  • Sold At: None Listed

  • Importers: Play Spaces International, of Waltham, Massachusetts

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: Germany

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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