CPSC Renews Warning About Baby Trend Crib/Playpen Recall After Additional Death

August 1, 1996

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For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Baby Trend, Inc., are urging consumers to stop using Home and Roam or Baby Express portable crib/playpens manufactured before 1995. The sides of the crib/playpens may appear to be securely locked in place when they are not. As a result, the sides could collapse in a "V" shape. Children can strangle or suffocate if they get entrapped in the "V."

CPSC and Baby Trend recalled the products last year because two babies died and two others were found not breathing when their crib/playpens collapsed. A third death recently occurred in California.

CPSC and Baby Trend announced the recall of the crib/playpens in January 1995. CPSC is issuing this safety alert to reemphasize the importance of returning these products. CPSC and Baby Trend are concerned that some of these crib/playpens remain in use and continue to present a serious risk to children.

The Baby Trend playpens now on the market are not subject to the recall and have a new lock designed to prevent the collapsing risk. To find out if they have one of the recalled Baby Trend playpens, and to obtain a free repair,consumers should call (800) 421-1902.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from the unreasonable risk 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 via Internet gopher services cpsc.gov or report product hazards to info@cpsc.gov