Recall Category: Kids Recalls
Recall Date: 2000-07-27T00:00:00
Product: Gerry® TrailTech™ backpack baby carriers with plastic frames
Company: Hufco-Delaware Co., of Miamisburg, Ohio
Hazard: Small infants can shift to one side, slip through the leg openings of these carriers and fall.
Description: These Gerry® TrailTech™ backpack baby carriers have black, plastic contoured frames. They were sold in color combinations of slate blue with teal trim, green with black trim, navy blue and purple with green trim, and blue and purple with silver trim. A tag on the outside of the carrier reads "GERRY®." A long tag, originally inside the carrier when sold, reads, "GERRY TRAIL TECH/TRAIL TECH HP." Writing imprinted on the plastic frame reads, "GERRY." The carrier has a removable, washable seat; a storage pouch; a loading stand; and a padded hip belt.
Remedy: Consumers should stop using these backpack carriers immediately. Evenflo, which is now the responding company for this recall, no longer has any service parts for this product nor the capability of producing these parts. As repair kits are no longer available, consumers should destroy these products.
Incidents / Injuries: CPSC and Hufco-Delaware have received four reports of infants slipping through the leg openings of these carriers. There were two reports of infants suffering fractured skulls and two reports of infants suffering bumped heads when they fell to the ground.
Recall Number: 00151
Product Type: Strollers / Seats / Carriers, Baby / Infant Products
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard