CPSC, Rubbermaid Inc. Announce Recall of Icy Rider™ Toboggan

December 1, 1998
Release # 99-030

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For Immediate Release;
Contact: Mark Ross
(301) 504-0580 Ext. 1188

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Rubbermaid Inc., of Wooster Ohio, is recalling about 60,800 Icy Rider™ Toboggans. The flexible, bowed front of the toboggan can break away while in use, causing loss of control and injury.

Rubbermaid is aware of six reports of the fronts of these toboggans breaking off, resulting in two injuries. These injuries were a broken leg suffered by an adult, and facial bruises and lacerations suffered by a 4-year-old girl when the broken piece hit her in the face.

The Icy Rider™ Toboggan, Model #2108, is made of purple plastic, and has a yellow rope strung around the sides. The toboggan is made from two separate pieces which fit together, and are secured with three yellow bolts. It measures 1.5 feet wide and 5.5 feet long when assembled, and has a red, Rubbermaid logo molded into the bowed front.

Toy and warehouse club stores nationwide, including Toys R Us, Sam's Club and BJ Warehouse Clubs, sold these toboggans beginning in September 1997 for about $50.

Consumers should stop using these toboggans immediately. To make arrangements to get a replacement toboggan with a reinforced bowed front, contact Rubbermaid toll-free at (888) 567-2112 anytime or go to their web address at http://www.rubbermaid.com. Consumers can also write to the company at: Rubbermaid, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691.

Icy Rider™ Toboggans with blue plastic and green bolts and ropes are not part of this recall.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury and for information on CPSC's fax-on-demand service, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To order a press release through fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine and enter the release number. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov. Consumers can report product hazards to info@cpsc.gov.