CPSC Recall in 2007: Lan Enterprises Recalls Doll Strollers After Child's Finger Tip was Severed; Product Also Poses an Entrapment Hazard to Young Children
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Lan Enterprises, of Portland, Ore., is voluntarily recalling about 21,000 Mini Zooper Doll Strollers. A child's finger can become caught in the rectangular metal clip or the black plastic side hinge, and this can sever a child's finger tip. Also, the strollers pose an entrapment hazard.Name of Product: Mini Zooper Doll StrollersUnits: About 21,000Manufacturer: Lan Enterprises, of Beaverton, Ore.Hazard: A child's finger can become caught in the rectangular metal clip or the black plastic side hinge, and this can sever a child's finger tip. Also, the strollers pose an entrapment hazard.Incidents/Injuries: Pottery Barn Kids has received three reports of serious lacerations, including one partial finger severing on a 2-year-old boy.Description: The Mini Zooper Doll Stroller has a silver metal frame with a bright pink cotton canvas seat cover. "Pottery Barn Kids" is printed on a label on the canvas seat cover.Sold exclusively at: Pottery Barn Kids retail stores nationwide, catalog and website from October 2005 through June 2007 for about $50.Manufactured in: ChinaRemedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled doll strollers away from children and contact Pottery Barn Kids for instructions on receiving a repair kit.Consumer Contact: For additional information, call Pottery Barn Kids at (888) 367-0144 between 7 a.m. and 12 a.m. ET daily or visit the firm's website at www.potterybarnkids.com.Firm's Media Contact: Leigh Oshirak, at (415) 438-8106
A child's finger can become caught in the rectangular metal clip or the black plastic side hinge, and this can sever a child's finger tip. Also, the strollers pose an entrapment hazard.
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Pottery Barn Kids has received three reports of serious lacerations, including one partial finger severing on a 2-year-old boy.
Pottery Barn Kids retail stores nationwide, catalog and website from October 2005 through June 2007 for about $50.
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