Recall Category: Kids Recalls
Recall Date: 2001-07-24T00:00:00
Product: Infant seat pads
Company: Basic Comfort Inc., of Denver, Colo., Department and juvenile products stores nationwide including JC Penney and One Step Ahead sold these infant seat pads, from October 1998 through May 2001, for about $11.
Hazard: The seat pad has two shoulder straps that create a v-shaped opening around the head and neck, presenting a strangulation hazard to young children.
Description: The seat pad was sold under The Baby Sitter brand name. The infant seat pad is designed to restrain a child on a chair in a sitting position. It has a padded back and seat. The seat pad is attached to a chair by Velcro straps attached to the sides of the pad. The front of the seat pad has two straps attached near the top of the pad that go over a child's shoulders and connect to a single crotch strap. The seat pad is a denim blue color with white restraint straps.
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the infant pads immediately and contact Basic Comfort to receive a replacement.
Incidents / Injuries: Basic Comfort received one report of an 8-month old girl who was caught by the neck in the shoulder straps of the seat pad after falling sideways off a chair. The child was removed from the seat pad without injury.
Recall Number: 01206
Product Type: High Chairs / Seating, Baby / Infant Products
Hazard Type: Suffocation / Strangulation / Entrapment