"Fold N' Travel" Infant Carriers Recalled by Playskool Baby
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:Nychelle White
July 31, 1996
(301) 504-7063
Release # 96-175
CPSC and Playskool Baby Announce Recall of Playskool Baby
Fold N' Travel Infant Carrier
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Playskool Baby, Inc. of
Northvale, N.J., is voluntarily recalling approximately
38,000 "Fold N' Travel" infant carriers because infants may
fall out of the carrier.
Playskool has received 10 reports of children falling
from the carrier, including reports of seven infants who
suffered serious head injuries.
The lightweight plastic infant carriers, measuring
about 17 inches long when folded and about 26 inches long
when fully extended, were available in blue or teal with
either a fabric or vinyl pad (model numbers 100, 101, 102,
103). Consumers adjust the carrier to any of three
positions, rocker, feeder, or sleeper, by pushing the
buttons located on each side of the carrier's handle near
where the handle attaches to the carrier. The product can
be folded by squeezing levers located underneath the
carrier.
Children's products retailers sold the Fold N' Travel
carriers nationwide from April 1991 through 1993 for
approximately $35.00.
Consumers who own Fold N' Travel infant carriers should
stop using them immediately and return the carriers to
Playskool or to the store where purchased, for a full
refund. To receive pre-paid shipping materials and for
information on returning the carriers, consumers should call
Playskool at (800) 752-9755.
Playskool stopped manufacturing Fold N' Travel infant
carriers in April 1993.