Recall Category: Kids Recalls
Recall Date: 2002-07-18T00:00:00
Product: Vacation Station™ children's cooler/chairs
Company: Participating Hilton®, Doubletree®, and Hilton Garden Inn® hotels and resorts nationwide distributed the cooler chairs, between May 2002 and June 2002, for free to hotel guests with children.
Hazard: When the chair collapses, the folding mechanism can pose a crushing, cutting or severing hazard to consumers' fingers.
Description: The recalled product is a multi-use product that can be used as both a child's chair or a food/beverage storage cooler. The cooler/chairs were given to hotel guests as a welcoming gift at participating Hilton®, Doubletree®, and Hilton Garden Inn® hotels and resorts. The chairs have either a purple aluminum frame with a purple fabric seat and green cooler bag, or a green aluminum frame with a green fabric seat and a blue cooler bag. Vacation Station™ is printed on the front of the cooler bag. The chairs were made in Hong Kong.
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled cooler/chairs immediately and contact Hilton Hotels for information on returning the cooler/chairs and receiving a free replacement item.
Incidents / Injuries: CPSC and Hilton Hotels are aware of one report in which part of a 2-year-old boy's fingertip was severed when the chair collapsed.
Recall Number: 02202
Product Type: High Chairs / Seating
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard